// news ticker function
var cnt=0;			// current news item
var curr = "";
var i=-1;			// current letter being typed
function newsticker()
{
// next character of current item
//document.getElementById("ticker").getElementsByTagName("a").class = "news";
if (i < newslist[cnt][0].length - 1)
{
i++;
temp1 = newslist[cnt][0];	
temp1 = temp1.split('');	
curr = curr+temp1[i];
temp2 = newslist[cnt][1];	
document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML = "<a href='"+temp2+"'>"+curr+"</a>";
setTimeout('newsticker()',10)
return;
}
// new item
i = -1; curr = "";
if (cnt<newslist.length-1)
cnt++;
else
cnt=0;
if (newslist.length > 1){
setTimeout('newsticker()',5000);
}else{
setTimeout('newsticker()',40000);
}
}
window.onload = newsticker;