diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 0207f8e8d1..86c1db87c9 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -310,9 +310,6 @@ app.get('/nodeschool-challenges', function(req, res) {
 });
 
 
-app.get('/news', function(req, res) {
-  res.redirect(301, '/stories/');
-});
 app.get('/learn-to-code', challengeMapController.challengeMap);
 app.get('/about', function(req, res) {
   res.redirect(301, '/map');
@@ -476,7 +473,7 @@ app.post(
 );
 
 app.get(
-  '/stories/',
+  '/news/',
   storyController.hot
 );
 
@@ -486,7 +483,7 @@ app.post(
 );
 
 app.get(
-  '/stories/:storyName',
+  '/news/:storyName',
   storyController.returnIndividualStory
 );
 
diff --git a/public/css/main.less b/public/css/main.less
index 2972861af8..b6051ad93b 100644
--- a/public/css/main.less
+++ b/public/css/main.less
@@ -106,7 +106,14 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, li {
   font-size: 28px;
 }
 
-.btn {
+.btn, .shadow {
+  white-space: normal;
+  -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 4px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+  -moz-box-shadow:    2px 4px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+  box-shadow:         2px 4px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+}
+
+.btn, .shadow {
   white-space: normal;
   -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 4px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
   -moz-box-shadow:    2px 4px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
@@ -943,6 +950,18 @@ iframe.iphone {
   margin-left: 20px;
 }
 
+hr {
+  -moz-border-bottom-colors: none;
+  -moz-border-image: none;
+  -moz-border-left-colors: none;
+  -moz-border-right-colors: none;
+  -moz-border-top-colors: none;
+  border-color: @gray;
+  border-style: solid none;
+  border-width: 1px 0;
+  margin: 18px 0;
+}
+
 #reply-to-main-post, #upvote {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/seed_data/storyCleanup.js b/seed_data/storyCleanup.js
index 645ff84206..2598526c8a 100644
--- a/seed_data/storyCleanup.js
+++ b/seed_data/storyCleanup.js
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ function storyLinkCleanup(cb) {
     console.log(i++);
     this.pause();
     story.storyLink = story.storyLink.
-      replace(/\'/g, '').
-      replace(/\"/g, '').
-      replace(/,/g, '').
-      replace(/\s+/g, ' ').
       replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/gi, '').
+      replace(/\s+/g, ' ').
       toLowerCase().
       trim();
     story.save(function (err) {
diff --git a/views/partials/navbar.jade b/views/partials/navbar.jade
index 43a1b367fa..35b3d31519 100644
--- a/views/partials/navbar.jade
+++ b/views/partials/navbar.jade
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ nav.navbar.navbar-default.navbar-fixed-top.nav-height
                 li
                     a(href='/challenges/join-our-chat-room') Chat
             li
-                a(href='/stories/hot') News
+                a(href='/news') News
             li
                 a(href='/field-guide') Field Guide
             if !user
diff --git a/views/stories/hot-stories.jade b/views/stories/hot-stories.jade
index fcf297cd49..d8d518ea0c 100644
--- a/views/stories/hot-stories.jade
+++ b/views/stories/hot-stories.jade
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                                         " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username + "</a> " +
                                     "</div>" +
                                     "<div class='col-xs-12'>" +
-                                        "<br><a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost' href='/stories/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a>" +
+                                        "<br><a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a>" +
                                     "</div>" +
                                 "</div>" +
                             "</div>" +
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                                                 "</a>" +
                                             "</div>" +
                                             "<div class='story-byline col-xs-12 wrappable'>" +
-                                                "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/stories/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a> · " +
+                                                "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a> · " +
                                                 rank + (rank > 1 ? " points" : " point") + " · posted " +
                                                 moment(data[i].timePosted).fromNow() +
                                                 " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username + "</a> " +
diff --git a/views/stories/news-nav.jade b/views/stories/news-nav.jade
index e087cab824..4750a2fb01 100644
--- a/views/stories/news-nav.jade
+++ b/views/stories/news-nav.jade
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 
 
-.row
-    .col-xs-12.col-sm-9
-        .input-group
-            input#searchArea.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(type='text', placeholder='Search our links', autofocus)
-            span.input-group-btn
-                button#searchbutton.btn.btn-big.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='button') Search
-        .visible-xs
-            .button-spacer
-    .col-xs-12.col-sm-3
-        span
-            a.btn.btn-primary.btn-big.btn-block.btn-responsive(href='/stories/submit' class="#{ page === 'hot' ? '' : 'hidden' }") Submit
-        span
-            a.btn.btn-success.btn-big.btn-block.btn-responsive(href='/stories/' class="#{ (page !== 'hot') ? '' : 'hidden' }") All
+.panel.shadow
+    .panel-body
+        .col-xs-12.col-sm-9
+            .input-group
+                input#searchArea.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(type='text', placeholder='Search our links')
+                span.input-group-btn
+                    button#searchbutton.btn.btn-big.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='button') Search
+            .visible-xs
+                .button-spacer
+        .col-xs-12.col-sm-3
+            span
+                a.btn.btn-primary.btn-big.btn-block.btn-responsive(href='/stories/submit' class="#{ page === 'hot' ? '' : 'hidden' }") Submit
+            span
+                a.btn.btn-success.btn-big.btn-block.btn-responsive(href='/news/' class="#{ (page !== 'hot') ? '' : 'hidden' }") All
+
 .spacer
 #search-results
 .spacer
diff --git a/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade b/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
index 55d7f705b2..082f27cec5 100644
--- a/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
+++ b/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 .col-xs-12
-    .spacer
     div(ng-controller="URLSubmitController")
-
         form.input-group(name='URLSubmit')
                 input#story-url.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='link', type='url', ng-model='possibleURL', required='required', autofocus)
                 span.input-group-btn