diff --git a/_includes/date-easter.html b/_includes/date-easter.html
index 98f1d26..e9720cd 100644
--- a/_includes/date-easter.html
+++ b/_includes/date-easter.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <div class="emoji-representation">
 {% for E in S[current_date] %}
   {% if E.link %}
-  <a href="{{E.link}}" title="{{E.day_name}}">{{E.emoji}}</a>
+  <a target=_blank href="{{E.link}}" title="{{E.day_name}}">{{E.emoji}}</a>
   {% else %}
   <span title="{{E.day_name}}">{{E.emoji}}</span>
   {% endif %}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 {% for E in S[current_date_with_year] %}
   {% if E.link %}
-  <a href="{{E.link}}" title="{{E.day_name}}">{{E.emoji}}</a>
+  <a target=_blank href="{{E.link}}" title="{{E.day_name}}">{{E.emoji}}</a>
   {% else %}
   <span title="{{E.day_name}}">{{E.emoji}}</span>
   {% endif %}
diff --git a/_includes/date.html b/_includes/date.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f73660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/date.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div class="topic-date"><time datetime="{{site.time | date: '%Y-%m-%d'}}">{{site.time | date: "%A, %b %e %Y"}}</time>
+{% include date-easter.html %}
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_includes/style.css b/_includes/style.css
index 62d82a6..2adfcad 100644
--- a/_includes/style.css
+++ b/_includes/style.css
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ mark {
   display: none;
 }
 
-.emoji-representation {
+.emoji-representation, .emoji-representation>a{
   display: inline;
   text-decoration: none;
   font-style: normal;
diff --git a/_layouts/article.html b/_layouts/article.html
index 592f3be..f21cbb6 100644
--- a/_layouts/article.html
+++ b/_layouts/article.html
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ layout: default
     <div class="story-head">
       <h1 class="story-title">{{page.title | strip}}</h1>
         {% if page.sources%}<p>{{page.sources | join: " "}}</p>{%endif%}
-        <time datetime="{{page.date | date:'%FT%T%:z'}}">{{page.date | date: "%A, %b %e %Y"}}</time>
-        {% include date-easter.html %}
+        {% include date.html %}
     </div>
     <div class="hr-line"></div>
 
diff --git a/_layouts/topic.html b/_layouts/topic.html
index 6bf21eb..64c2e7f 100644
--- a/_layouts/topic.html
+++ b/_layouts/topic.html
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ layout: default
 <div class="topic-container">
 <h1 class="topic-heading">{{page.title | capitalize  | strip}}</h1>
 <div class="hr-line"></div>
-<div class="topic-date">
-	<time datetime="{{site.time | date: '%Y-%m-%d'}}">{{site.time | date: "%A, %b, %e, %Y"}}</time>
-	{% include date-easter.html %}
-</div>
+{% include date.html %}
 
 {% if page.article_count == 0 %}
 	<p class="topic-empty">No articles today under {{page.title}}</p>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 33bdc98..2cfdc97 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ layout: default
 <div class="topic-container">
 <h1 class="topic-heading">{{page.title}}</h1>
 <div class="hr-line"></div>
-<div class="topic-date"><time datetime="{{site.time | date: '%Y-%m-%d'}}">{{site.time | date: "%A, %b, %e, %Y"}}</time>
-{% include date-easter.html %}
-</div>
+{% include date.html %}
 {% for T in site.data.topics %}
 {% assign post_count = T[1] %}
 {% if post_count > 0 %}
-<div class="topic-{{T[0]|downcase}}">
+<div class="topic-{{T[0]|downcase}} news-topic">
 <h2><a href="/{{T[0]}}/">{{T[0] | capitalize}}</a></h2>
 	{% for post in site.pages %}
 	{% if post.topics and post.topics.first == T[0] %}