<!--



function goTicker()
{
	currentNews     = -1;
	currentWidth    = 0;

	if (document.getElementById) {	
		AnchorPoint     = document.getElementById("tickernews");
			moveText();   	
		 }
	else {
            document.write("<style>.noticker{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px}</style>");
            return true;
	}
	
}


function moveText()
{
	var myTimeout;  
	if(currentWidth == 0)
	{
		currentNews++;
		currentNews      = currentNews % theItemCount;
		newsSum      = NewsHeadline[currentNews].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');		
		targetURL        = NewsLink[currentNews];
		AnchorPoint.href = targetURL;
		document.getElementById("tickerFlag").innerHTML = NewsFlag[currentNews];
	}
	AnchorPoint.innerHTML = newsSum.substring(0,currentWidth);
		
	if(currentWidth != newsSum.length)
	{
		currentWidth++;
		myTimeout = theWordTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
		currentWidth = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	setTimeout("moveText()", myTimeout);
}


var theWordTimeout = 40;
var theStoryTimeout = 3000;
var NewsFlag = new Array();
var NewsHeadline = new Array();
var NewsLink = new Array();
//-->
