Having trouble with 3 column CSS layout

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Arghh, my 3 col layout just isn't working. Here's the code so far:

Code:
/* Global styles ------------------------------------------*/

body {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: x-small;
	line-height: 1.5;
	color:#003300;
	text-align: center;
	background-image:url(../images/bodybg.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	background-color:#003366;
}

/* End of global styles -----------------------------------*/



/* Layout styles -----------------------------------------*/

#container {
	position: relative;
	width: 750px;
	border: 1px solid black;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: left;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
}

#header {
	border-left: 1px solid black;
	border-right: 1px solid black;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}

#pathway {
	height: 20px;
	font-style:italic;
	background-color:#000033;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	padding-left:5px;
	padding-right:5px;
}

#leftbox {
	float:left;
	width:125px;
	padding:5px;
	background-color:#333399;
	color:#99CCFF;
	border-right: 1px solid black;
	border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}

#rightbox {
	float:right;
	width:125px;
	padding:5px;
	background-color:#333399;
	color:#99CCFF;
	border-left: 1px solid black;
	border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}

#contents {
	width:500px;

}

li {
	padding:0px;
}
Code:
<div id="container">
	<div id="header">Header</div>
	<div id="pathway">Pathway text</div>
	<div id="leftbox">
	  <ul>
	    <li>Left menu</li>
        <li>dsds</li>
	    <li>asd</li>
	    <li>dfsd</li>
	    <li>fasdf</li>
	    <li>df</li>
      </ul>
	</div>
	<div id="rightbox">
	  <ul>
	    <li>Left menu</li>
        <li>dsds</li>
	    <li>asd</li>
	    <li>dfsd</li>
	    <li>fasdf</li>
	    <li>df</li>
      </ul>
	</div>
	<div id="contents">
	  <p>test</p>
	  <p>test</p>
	  <p>test</p>
	</div>
</div>

I get the 3 cols, but the content div gets pushed to below the left menu. How can I get the content div to float inbetween the two?

Thanks!
 
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