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HTML

<div class="nav">
        <div id="nav">
            <ul>
                <li><a href="#">HOME</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">ABOUT US</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">LINK 3</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">LINK 4</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">OUR BLOG</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>

        <div id="search">

        </div>
    </div>

CSS

.nav {
  width: 994px;
  height: 27px;
  background-image:url('http://leongaban.com/_stack/background_padding/assets/images/bg_nav.gif');
  color:red;
}

#nav ul li {
  height: 27px;
  margin: 0;
  line-height:30px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 11px;
  border-right: 1px solid #fff;
  float:left;
    color:red;
}

#nav ul li a {
  padding: 8px 20px 6px 20px;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#nav ul li a:hover {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  /*-webkit-background-size:100% 100%;
  -moz-background-size:100% 100%;
  background-size:100% 100%;*/
  background:url('http://leongaban.com/_stack/background_padding/assets/images/bg_nav_hover.gif') repeat-x;
}