diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index c8bb053ab..be605796a 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-02-22 zzz
+ * Console: Improve news CSS (ticket #1710)
+ * Crypto: Blacklist certificates by SHA1 hash, not by serial/CN/OU
+ * I2CP: Improve client error message when internal router connection fails 
+ * Graphs: Increase font size
+ * Transports: Increase default max inbound bandwidth,
+   increase minimum in/out bandwidths
+
 2016-02-19 zzz
  * Clock: Add sanity checks to detect invalid system clock
 
diff --git a/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css b/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css
index 66988784b..b953cf559 100644
--- a/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css
+++ b/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css
@@ -390,15 +390,25 @@ div.news {
      min-width: 490px;
 }
 
-div.news p {
+div.newscontent {
+     background-color: rgba(242, 242, 248, 0.9);
+     border: 1px solid #ccf;
+     border-radius: 10px;
+     box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 4px 4px #e8e8ff;
+     margin: 8px 8px 28px 8px;
+     opacity: 0.95;
+     padding: 24px 18px 10px 14px;
+}
+
+div.newscontent p {
      font-size: 9pt;
      text-align: justify !important;
      line-height: 120%;
-     margin-top: -7px;
+     margin-top: -2px;
      padding: 0 15px;
 }
 
-div.news hr {
+div.newscontent hr {
      color: #225;
      background: #225;
      height: 1px;
@@ -407,7 +417,7 @@ div.news hr {
      opacity: 0.6;
 }
 
-div.news li {
+div.newscontent li {
      text-align: justify;
      list-style: none;
      margin: 5px 0 16px 0 !important;
@@ -427,7 +437,7 @@ div.news li {
      text-transform: capitalize;
 }
 
-div.news li:first-child {
+div.newscontent li:first-child {
      margin-top: 10px !important;
 }
 
@@ -447,11 +457,28 @@ div.news h3 {
      text-shadow: 0px 0px 0px #77f;
 }
 
-div.news h4 {
+div.newscontent h4 {
      border-bottom: 0px;
      padding: 0;
-     margin: 0 0 -10px 0;
-     font-size: 11pt;
+     margin: 14px 15px 7px 15px;
+     font-size: 10pt;
+     text-align: left;
+}
+
+div.newscontent h5 {
+     border-bottom: 0px;
+     padding: 0;
+     margin: 12px 15px 6px 15px;
+     font-size: 9.5pt;
+     text-align: left;
+}
+
+div.newscontent h6 {
+     border-bottom: 0px;
+     padding: 0;
+     margin: 12px 15px 6px 15px;
+     font-size: 9pt;
+     text-align: left;
 }
 
 div.confignav {
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index fecba78d6..a6204817e 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     /** deprecated */
     public final static String ID = "Monotone";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
-    public final static long BUILD = 7;
+    public final static long BUILD = 8;
 
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";