Reply To: Displaying featured posts on front page

The posts on her site are set to float: left;. Try adding something like this to your featured-posts code in your css –

#home-feature-bg-alt .featuredpage .page, 
#home-feature-bg-alt .featuredpost .post {
    float: left;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    padding: 0 50px 5px;
    width: 264px;
}