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Figured it out-

Wrapped the column-span, column1 and column2 in a separate div floated left and cleared right. The sidebar jumps up and aligns to top.

HTML

body {
}
#wrap {
font-family: sans-serif;
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
width: 890px;
font-size: 12px;
color: #333333;
line-height: 16px;
padding-bottom: 8px;
background-color: #ccffff;
}
#column-span {
display: block;
width: 610px;
float: left;
clear: right;
margin-left: 10px;
background-color: #ffff66;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#column-wrap{
width: 620px;
display: block;
background-color: #666666;
margin-right: 10px;
float: left;
clear: right;
}

#column1 {
display: block;
width: 290px;
float: left;
clear: right;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-left: 10px;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 5px;
background-color: #66ffff;
}
#column2 {
display: block;
width: 290px;
float: left;
clear: right;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 5px;
background-color: #66ccff;
}
#sidebar {
display: block;
width: 240px;
float: left;
clear: right;
padding-right: 5px;
padding-left: 5px;
background-color: #cccccc;
margin-right: 10px;
position: relative;
}

.section-header{
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #ffffff;
background-color: #000099;
line-height: 28px;
display: block;
height: 25px;
}
.clear {
clear: both;
}

HTML








Section Header Spans Column 1 and 2





Column 1


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Column 2


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