De-suck the NTP a bit more:

chrome/browser/resources/new_new_tab.js

 // Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // To avoid creating tons of unnecessary nodes. We assume we cannot fit more
 // than this many items in the miniview.
 var MAX_MINIVIEW_ITEMS = 15;
 
+// Extra spacing at the top of the layout.
+var LAYOUT_SPACING_TOP = 5;
+
 var loading = true;
 
 function updateSimpleSection(id, section) {
   if (shownSections & section)
     $(id).classList.remove('hidden');
   else
     $(id).classList.add('hidden');
 }
 
 function recentlyClosedTabs(data) {
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 // of the viewport.
 //
 // There is a final twist: If the intrinsic height of the expanded section is
 // less than the available height (because the window is tall), any collapsed
 // sections sinch up and sit below the expanded section. This is so that we
 // don't have a bunch of dead whitespace in the case of expanded sections that
 // aren't very tall.
 function layoutSections() {
   var sections = SectionLayoutInfo.getAll();
   var expandedSection = null;
-  var headerHeight = 0;
+  var headerHeight = LAYOUT_SPACING_TOP;
   var footerHeight = 0;
 
   // Calculate the height of the fixed elements above the expanded section. Also
   // take note of the expanded section, if there is one.
   var i;
   var section;
   for (i = 0; section = sections[i]; i++) {
     headerHeight += section.fixedHeight;
     if (section.expanded) {
       expandedSection = section;
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           footerHeight +
           fudge +
           'px';
     } else {
       expandedSectionHeight = expandedSection.scrollingHeight;
       document.body.style.height = '';
     }
   }
 
   // Now position all the elements.
-  var y = 0;
+  var y = LAYOUT_SPACING_TOP;
   for (i = 0, section; section = sections[i]; i++) {
     section.header.style.top = y + 'px';
     y += section.header.offsetHeight;
 
     if (section.miniview) {
       section.miniview.style.top = y + 'px';
       if (section != expandedSection) {
         y += section.miniview.offsetHeight;
       }
     }
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   var p = e.target;
   while (p && p.tagName != 'H2') {
     p = p.parentNode;
   }
 
   if (!p) {
     return;
   }
 
   p = p.parentNode;
-  if (p.noexpand) {
+  if (p.hasAttribute('noexpand')) {
     return;
   }
 
   var section = p.getAttribute('section');
   if (section) {
     if (shownSections & Section[section]) {
       hideSection(Section[section]);
     } else {
       for (var p in Section) {
         if (p == section)
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   window.setTimeout(function() {
     mostVisited.ensureSmallGridCorrect();
     document.body.classList.remove('loading');
   }, 1);
 
   // Only show the first run notification if first run.
   if (firstRun) {
     showFirstRunNotification();
   }
 }