Get rid of extra space between table and paragraph?

Why is there extra space coming up between my table and my paragraph? I want the paragraph below to appear slightly higher than it is. I need an "anti-<br>" of sorts... help!

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td>
<ul> <li>blah blah</li> </ul>
</td></tr>
</table>

<!-- too much space is appearing here.. like 2 blank lines instead of 1.-->

<p>Blah blah blah.</p>

Zero out the margins on p, table and everything else with this bit of CSS:


* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

That will probably do it.