<!-- Begin
// news ticker function
var newslist=new Array();
var cnt=0;			// current news item
var curr = "";
var i=-1;			// current letter being typed


newslist[0] = new Array("Obama&#39;s speech at Chrysler plant in Detroit - Detroit Free Press", "http://www.worldofnews.com/view-5340834-Obama-39-s-speech-at-Chrysler-plant-in-Detroit-Detroit-Free-Press.html");

newslist[1] = new Array("Grizzly bear euthanized after triple mauling - The Associated Press", "http://www.worldofnews.com/view-5340833-Grizzly-bear-euthanized-after-triple-mauling-The-Associated-Press.html");

newslist[2] = new Array("Al Gore Won&#39;t be Charged for Alleged Groping", "http://www.worldofnews.com/view-5340829-Al-Gore-Won-39-t-be-Charged-for-Alleged-Groping.html");

newslist[3] = new Array("Nebraska&#39;s Nelson Becomes First Democrat to Oppose Kagan for Supreme Court - Bloomberg", "http://www.worldofnews.com/view-5340807-Nebraska-39-s-Nelson-Becomes-First-Democrat-to-Oppose-Kagan-for-Supreme-Court-Bloomberg.html");

newslist[4] = new Array("US downgrades its air safety rating for Mexico - Reuters", "http://www.worldofnews.com/view-5340806-US-downgrades-its-air-safety-rating-for-Mexico-Reuters.html");

var newstickerAnchor, newstickerSpan, newstickerCurrentNews;

function newsticker()
{
	newstickerAnchor = document.createElement('a');
	newstickerAnchor.target = '_blank';
	try{
		newstickerAnchor.style.backgroundColor = (typeof(ntBackgroundColor) == 'string')?ntBackgroundColor:'#ffff66';
	}
	catch(err){
		newstickerAnchor.style.backgroundColor = '#ffff66';
	}
	try{
		newstickerAnchor.style.color = (typeof(ntTextColor) == 'string')?ntTextColor:'#333333';
	}
	catch(err){
		newstickerAnchor.style.color = '#333333';
	}
	newstickerAnchor.style.fontSize = '12px';
	newstickerSpan = document.getElementById("mtxt");
	newstickerSpan.appendChild(newstickerAnchor);
	newstickerCurrentNews = 0;
	newstickerScrollNews();
}

function newstickerScrollNews(){
	newstickerAnchor.href = newslist[newstickerCurrentNews][1];
	newstickerAnchor.innerHTML = newslist[newstickerCurrentNews][0];
		
	// new item
	if (newstickerCurrentNews<newslist.length-1)
		newstickerCurrentNews++;
	else
		newstickerCurrentNews=0;
	setTimeout('newstickerScrollNews()',4000)
}
//  End -->