HTML CSS Header image has an black stripe above hearder image that I can't seem to remove

Please check out

http://rainsongmanchesters.net/news.htm

and notice the black strip above the header image.

Now click here http://rainsongmanchesters.net/breedinfo.htm

and notice how there is no st开发者_运维百科rip. Such a simple problem? It has defeated me for months! Using firebug, and just staring at the code for months has not produced any solutions. Please help!

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you have a < br /> in the header (line 16 of the source)

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Try removing the extra break (< br />) at the top of the page.