diff --git a/media/css/reader.css b/media/css/reader.css
index cf12d86a6..7beff50c9 100644
--- a/media/css/reader.css
+++ b/media/css/reader.css
@@ -809,11 +809,11 @@ body {
 .NB-feedlist .feed.NB-selected,
 .NB-feeds-header.NB-selected,
 .NB-feedlist .folder.NB-selected > .folder_title {
-    background-color: #FDED8D;
-    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFFFD2), to(#FDED8D));
-    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #FFFFD2 0%, #FDED8D 100%);
-    border-top: 1px solid #EBE0BE;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #E3D0AE;
+    background-color: #FFFFD2;
+    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFFFD2), to(#F5F9B4));
+    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #FFFFD2 0%, #F5F9B4 100%);
+    border-top: 1px solid #D6D682;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #D6D682;
 }
 .NB-feedlist .folder.NB-selected > .folder_title {
     text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
@@ -1088,11 +1088,11 @@ body {
 
 
 .NB-feed-story-header-info ::-moz-selection {
-  background: transparent;
+    background: transparent;
 } 
 
 .NB-feed-story-header-info ::selection {
-background: transparent;
+    background: transparent;
 }
 
 #story_titles {
@@ -1754,10 +1754,7 @@ background: transparent;
     color: #304080;
     border-top: 1px solid #EFEEC3;
     border-bottom: 1px solid #EFEEC3;
-    background-color: #FFFDDF;
-    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFFDEF), to(#FFFDDF));
-    background: -moz-linear-gradient(center top , #FFFDEF 0%, #FFFDDF 100%);
-    background: linear-gradient(center top , #FFFDEF 0%, #FFFDDF 100%);
+    background-color: #FFFEE2;
 }
 
 #story_titles .NB-story-title:hover:not(.NB-selected) {
@@ -3076,6 +3073,14 @@ background: transparent;
     overflow: hidden;
     display: none;
 }
+.NB-sideoption-save-wrapper ::-moz-selection {
+    background: transparent;
+} 
+
+.NB-sideoption-save-wrapper ::selection {
+    background: transparent;
+}
+
 .NB-sideoption-save-wrapper.NB-active {
     display: block;
 }
diff --git a/media/js/newsblur/views/story_save_view.js b/media/js/newsblur/views/story_save_view.js
index 69ed41084..467b217e2 100644
--- a/media/js/newsblur/views/story_save_view.js
+++ b/media/js/newsblur/views/story_save_view.js
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ NEWSBLUR.Views.StorySaveView = Backbone.View.extend({
                 fieldName: "tags",
                 availableTags: this.model.all_tags(),
                 autocomplete: {delay: 0, minLength: 0},
-                showAutocompleteOnFocus: false,
+                showAutocompleteOnFocus: true,
+                createTagOnBlur: false,
                 removeConfirmation: true,
                 caseSensitive: false,
                 allowDuplicates: false,
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ NEWSBLUR.Views.StorySaveView = Backbone.View.extend({
                 singleFieldNode: null,
                 tabIndex: null,
 
-                // Events
                 afterTagAdded: function(event, options) {
                     options = options || {};
                     self.resize();
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ NEWSBLUR.Views.StorySaveView = Backbone.View.extend({
                 }
             });
             $tag_input.tagit('addClassAutocomplete', 'NB-tagging-autocomplete');
+            
             if (options.animate_scroll) {
                 var $scroll_container = NEWSBLUR.reader.$s.$story_titles;
                 if (_.contains(['split', 'full'], NEWSBLUR.assets.preference('story_layout'))) {
diff --git a/media/js/newsblur/views/story_title_view.js b/media/js/newsblur/views/story_title_view.js
index 7cd2ebc9b..42451941b 100644
--- a/media/js/newsblur/views/story_title_view.js
+++ b/media/js/newsblur/views/story_title_view.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ NEWSBLUR.Views.StoryTitleView = Backbone.View.extend({
             });
             this.text_view.fetch_and_render(this.model, temporary_text);
             this.$(".NB-story-detail").html(this.text_view.$el);
+            this.story_detail.render_starred_tags();
         } else {
             this.story_detail = new NEWSBLUR.Views.StoryDetailView({
                 model: this.model,
@@ -85,6 +86,8 @@ NEWSBLUR.Views.StoryTitleView = Backbone.View.extend({
             }).render();
             this.$(".NB-story-detail").html(this.story_detail.$el);
             this.story_detail.watch_images_for_story_height();
+            this.story_detail.render_starred_tags();
+
         }
     },
     
diff --git a/media/js/vendor/tag-it.js b/media/js/vendor/tag-it.js
index 8e3279048..848896eac 100755
--- a/media/js/vendor/tag-it.js
+++ b/media/js/vendor/tag-it.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
             readOnly          : false,  // Disables editing.
             removeConfirmation: false,  // Require confirmation to remove tags.
             tagLimit          : null,   // Max number of tags allowed (null for unlimited).
+            createTagOnBlur   : true,   // Create a tag when input loses focus.
 
             // Used for autocomplete, unless you override `autocomplete.source`.
             availableTags     : [],
@@ -266,14 +267,19 @@
                         }
 
                         // Autocomplete will create its own tag from a selection and close automatically.
-                        if (!that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open')) {
+                        var menu = that.tagInput.autocomplete('widget').data('ui-menu');
+                        if (!(that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open') &&
+                              that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-focus'))) {
                             that.createTag(that._cleanedInput());
                         }
                     }
                 }).blur(function(e){
                     // Create a tag when the element loses focus.
                     // If autocomplete is enabled and suggestion was clicked, don't add it.
-                    if (!that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open')) {
+                    if (!this.createTagOnBlur) return;
+                    
+                    if (!(that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open') &&
+                          that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-focus'))) {
                         that.createTag(that._cleanedInput());
                     }
                 });
@@ -295,6 +301,10 @@
                     that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open', true);
                 }).bind('autocompleteclose', function(event, ui) {
                     that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open', false);
+                }).bind('autocompletefocus', function(event, ui) {
+                    that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-focus', true);
+                }).bind('autocompletefocus', function(event, ui) {
+                    that.tagInput.data('autocomplete-focus', false);
                 });
             }
         },
@@ -393,6 +403,10 @@
 
             value = $.trim(value);
 
+            if (this.tagInput.data('autocomplete-open')) {
+                this.tagInput.autocomplete('close');
+            }
+
             if(this.options.preprocessTag) {
                 value = this.options.preprocessTag(value);
             }