Index: themes/bartik/css/style.css
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/themes/bartik/css/style.css,v
retrieving revision 1.41
diff -u -r1.41 style.css
--- themes/bartik/css/style.css	2 Dec 2010 23:54:56 -0000	1.41
+++ themes/bartik/css/style.css	3 Dec 2010 03:01:04 -0000
@@ -948,8 +948,11 @@
   padding: 20px 0 5px;
   margin: 0 auto;
 }
+.featured #messages {
+  background: #f0f0f0;
+}
 div.messages {
-  margin: 8px 0;
+  margin: 8px 15px;
 }
 
 /* -------------- Breadcrumbs   -------------- */
Index: themes/bartik/css/layout.css
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/themes/bartik/css/layout.css,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 layout.css
--- themes/bartik/css/layout.css	19 Nov 2010 03:52:09 -0000	1.6
+++ themes/bartik/css/layout.css	3 Dec 2010 03:01:03 -0000
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }
 #header div.section,
 #featured div.section,
-#messages,
+#messages div.section,
 #main,
 #triptych,
 #footer-columns,
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 #main-wrapper {
   min-height: 300px;
 }
-#messages div.section,
 #content .section,
 .sidebar .section {
   padding: 0 15px;