CSS: set color for selected row in a table

I need to add the following feature to my table: when the user clicks on a row (selects it), the row is marked with the color #FFCF8B (the same as hover). I tried #newspaper-b tbody tr.selected td, but it does not work.

   #newspaper-b {
        border-collapse: collapse;
        border-color: #B7DDF2;
        border-style: solid;
        border-width: 1px;
        font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
        font-size: 11px;
        margin: 0;
        text-align: left;
        width: 480px;
    }
    #newspaper-b th {
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #EBF4FB;
        border-color: lightgray;
        font-size: 11px;
        font-weight: bold;
        padding: 15px 10px 10px;
    }
    #newspaper-b tbody tr td {
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;
    }
    #newspaper-b td {
        border-top: 1px dashed #FFFFFF;
        color: #000000;
        padding: 10px;
    }
    #newspaper-b tbody tr:hover td {
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFCF8B;
        color: #000000;
    }
    #newspaper-b tbody tr.selected td {
        background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFCF8B;
        color: #000000;
    }