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HTML

<select id="sampleList">
        <option>Washington DC</option>
        <option>Reston</option>
        <option>Baltimore</option>
        <option>New York</option>
        <option>Boston</option>
    </select>

CSS

select 
{
   border                   : 1px solid #e9e9e9;
   width                    : 12em;
   height                   : 2.5em;
   font-family              : Arial, Calibri;
   font-size                : 1em;
   color                    : #303030;
   padding                 : 0.3em 0.5em 0.3em 0.5em;
   -moz-border-radius       : 0.5em;
   -webkit-border-radius    : 0.5em;
   border-radius            : 0.5em;
   box-shadow               : inset 0 0 5px #a0a0a0;
   -webkit-appearance       : none;
   -moz-appearance          : none;
   appearance               : none;
   background               : url(http://webinfocentral.com/images/favicon.ico) 95% / 10% no-repeat #fdfdfd;
}
 select option
{
    font-size           : 1em;
    padding             : 0.2em 0.4em 0.2em 0.4em;
}
select option[selected]{ font-weight:bold}
select option:nth-child(even) { background-color:#f5f5f5; }