Articles in 2 columns

The CSS3 standard will incorporate dynamic, newspaper-like columns, such that text from the bottom of the first column will wrap automatically to the top of the next. Your link is broken, so I can’t see the example you’re referring to, but I assume that’s the kind of column you’re talking about.

The reason that this is going to take a whole new version of the CSS standard is because it’s horrifically difficult to do in today’s browsers. If you have a head for code, take a look at the source for the Int’l Herald Tribune’s [beautiful] columnar layout to see the hoops they had to jump through.

So I don’t know how to help you beyond that, but if it’s something you want to pursue, good luck!