diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java
index 9232ec4dc..2946cd09e 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/FileUtil.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class FileUtil {
         FileInputStream fis = null;
         try {
             fis = new FileInputStream(f);
-            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis));
+            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fis, "UTF-8"));
             List lines = new ArrayList(maxNumLines > 0 ? maxNumLines : 64);
             String line = null;
             while ( (line = in.readLine()) != null) {
diff --git a/initialNews.xml b/initialNews.xml
index 9a1d4bb78..f505ddb5b 100644
--- a/initialNews.xml
+++ b/initialNews.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <i2p.news date="$Date: 2009-06-29 00:00:00 $">
- <i2p.release version="0.7.5" date="2009/06/29" minVersion="0.6"
-            />
-<center><h2>Congratulations on getting I2P installed!</h2></center>
+ <i2p.release version="0.7.5" date="2009/06/29" minVersion="0.6"/>
+<h4>Congratulations on getting I2P installed!</h4>
 <ul>
 <li>
 <b>Welcome to I2P!</b>
@@ -24,10 +23,8 @@ please <b>check out</b> our
 Point your IRC client to <b>localhost:6668</b> and say hi to us on #i2p.
 </li>
 </ul>
-
-
-
-<center><h2>Gratulation zur erfolgreichen Installation von I2P!</h2></center>
+<br>
+<h4>Gratulation zur erfolgreichen Installation von I2P!</h4>
 <ul>
 <li>
 <b>Willkommen bei I2P!</b>
diff --git a/installer/resources/themes/console/dark/console.css b/installer/resources/themes/console/dark/console.css
index 707f46226..aa6403b5e 100644
--- a/installer/resources/themes/console/dark/console.css
+++ b/installer/resources/themes/console/dark/console.css
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ div.news {
 
 div.news li {
      text-align: justify;
-     font-weight: bold;
      list-style: url('images/info_dark.png');
      margin: 0 10px 0 30px;
      padding: 5px;
@@ -347,6 +346,14 @@ h3 {
      padding: 5px 0;
 }
 
+h4 {
+     border-bottom: 1px;
+     border-bottom-style: solid;
+     border-bottom-color: #99f;
+     padding: 0 0 10px 0;
+     margin: 5px 0 10px 0;
+     font-size: 11pt;
+}
 button {
      border: 1px outset #ddddc0;
      padding: 1px 3px;
diff --git a/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css b/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css
index 090cb404c..b7996d4f5 100644
--- a/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css
+++ b/installer/resources/themes/console/light/console.css
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ div.news {
 
 div.news li {
      text-align: justify;
-     font-weight: bold;
      list-style: url(images/info.png);
      margin: 0 10px 0 25px !important;
      padding: 5px 0;
diff --git a/news.xml b/news.xml
index 729462ac6..c0f62dc7d 100644
--- a/news.xml
+++ b/news.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
             anonlogs="http://i2p/Nf3ab-ZFkmI-LyMt7GjgT-jfvZ3zKDl0L96pmGQXF1B82W2Bfjf0n7~288vafocjFLnQnVcmZd~-p0-Oolfo9aW2Rm-AhyqxnxyLlPBqGxsJBXjPhm1JBT4Ia8FB-VXt0BuY0fMKdAfWwN61-tj4zIcQWRxv3DFquwEf035K~Ra4SWOqiuJgTRJu7~o~DzHVljVgWIzwf8Z84cz0X33pv-mdG~~y0Bsc2qJVnYwjjR178YMcRSmNE0FVMcs6f17c6zqhMw-11qjKpY~EJfHYCx4lBWF37CD0obbWqTNUIbL~78vxqZRT3dgAgnLixog9nqTO-0Rh~NpVUZnoUi7fNR~awW5U3Cf7rU7nNEKKobLue78hjvRcWn7upHUF45QqTDuaM3yZa7OsjbcH-I909DOub2Q0Dno6vIwuA7yrysccN1sbnkwZbKlf4T6~iDdhaSLJd97QCyPOlbyUfYy9QLNExlRqKgNVJcMJRrIual~Lb1CLbnzt0uvobM57UpqSAAAA/meeting141"
             publiclogs="http://www.i2p.net/meeting141" />
 <p>
-&#149;
-2009-06-29: <b>0.7.5 <a href="http://www.i2p2.i2p/release-0.7.5.html">Released</a></b>
+<h4><ul><li>2009-06-29: <b>0.7.5 <a href="http://www.i2p2.i2p/release-0.7.5.html">Released</a></b></li></ul></h4>
 </p><p>
 I2P version 0.7.5 foremost addresses network stability issues
 by adjusting how exploratory tunnels are built if a router nears