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HTML

<fieldset class="remove">
    <span class="itemtype">story</span>
    <span class="itemtype">53547</span>
    <span class="title">New online education program aimed at curbing dangerous drinking</span>
    <span class="buttons"> 
        <a href="#" target="blank"><img src="img/edit.png" alt="edit story" />Edit</a>
        <a href="#7" target="blank"><img src="http://www.bibliomania.com/graphics/read.gif" alt="read story" />Read</a> 
    </span>
    <input type="hidden" name="featured[items][53547]" value="story" />
</fieldset>

CSS

fieldset span{padding:10px 10px 25px 10px;float:left;border: 1px solid;}
fieldset span.buttons{
    xfloat:right;
}