var widget_format = {
  base_css_prefs : {
    base_style  : 'font-size:10px;line-height:14px',
    link_target : '_blank'
  },
  sections : [ 'stories', 'footer' ],
  stories : {
    data      : _nr_stories,
    loop      : true,
    num_items : 10,
    style     : 'margin:5px 0;padding:2px 0;',
    dom_nodes : [
      { what : '{$util.trimString($.title,100)}', how: [{ elt: 'a', url: '{$.url}'}] },
      { what : '{$.source}', prefix: ' - ', how: [{ elt: 'span', style: 'font-weight:bold'}] },
      { what : '{$util.formatDate($.date, ".", "d.m.y", "M d, y")}', prefix: ' - ' }
    ]
  },
  footer : {
    style     : 'border-top:1px dotted #888; padding-top:3px; text-align:right',
    dom_nodes : [
      { what: 'Powered by ' },
      { what: 'NewsRack', how: [{elt : 'a', url: 'http://newsrack.in'}] }
    ]
  }
};