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HTML

<div id="story-container">
    <div class="story">
        <a href="http://google.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://reason.com/assets/mc/jtaylor/rahm.jpg" /></a>
        <div class="story-text">
            <h4>Rahm acts silly</h4>
            <p>Snort!</p>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div id="sidebar">
</div>

CSS

#story-container {
    margin-top: 2em;
    width: 300px;
    height: 200px;
    position: relative;
    float: left;
    overflow: hidden;
}

#sidebar {
    float: left;
    margin-top: 2em;
    height: 200px;
    width: 65px;
}

#story-container .story {
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
}

#story-container .story img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

#story-container .story-text {
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr=#b2E6E6E6,endColorstr=#b2E6E6E6);
    color: #fff;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    height: 45px;
    width: 280px;
    padding: 10px;
}

#story-container .story p {
    font-size: 0.7em;
}

#sidebar .story {
    position: static;
    width: 65px;
    height: 65px;
}

#sidebar .story img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

#sidebar .story-text {
    color: #fff;
    position: relative;
    font-size: 0.6em;
    font-weight: bold;
    bottom: 30px;
}

#sidebar .story-text p {
    display: none;
}

JavaScript

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