--- wp-includes/widgets.php	2008-08-06 15:50:39.000000000 +0000
+++ wp-includes/widgets.php	2008-08-29 12:40:25.908875000 +0000
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@
 }
 
 function wp_widget_recent_entries($args) {
+	global $post, $wp_query;
+
+	$id_a = $wp_query->post->ID;
+
 	if ( '%BEG_OF_TITLE%' != $args['before_title'] ) {
 		if ( $output = wp_cache_get('widget_recent_entries', 'widget') )
 			return print($output);
@@ -913,13 +917,14 @@
 		$number = 15;
 
 	$r = new WP_Query(array('showposts' => $number, 'what_to_show' => 'posts', 'nopaging' => 0, 'post_status' => 'publish'));

 	if ($r->have_posts()) :
 ?>
 		<?php echo $before_widget; ?>
 			<?php echo $before_title . $title . $after_title; ?>
 			<ul>
 			<?php  while ($r->have_posts()) : $r->the_post(); ?>
-			<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?> </a></li>
+			<li><a <?php if ($id_a == $post->ID) echo 'class="something" '; ?>href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?> </a></li>
 			<?php endwhile; ?>
 			</ul>
 		<?php echo $after_widget; ?>