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var theNewsNum;
var theAddNum;
var totalNum;
var CurrentPosion=0;
var theCurrentNews;
var theCurrentLength;
var theNewsText;
var theTargetLink;
var theCharacterTimeout;
var theNewsTimeout;
var theBrowserVersion;
var theWidgetOne;
var theWidgetTwo;
var theSpaceFiller;
var theLeadString;
var theNewsState;
function startTicker() {
	theCharacterTimeout = 50;
	theNewsTimeout     = 2000;
	theWidgetOne        =  "_";
	theWidgetTwo        =  "-";
	theNewsState       = 1;
	//theNewsNum        = document.body.children.incoming.children.NewsNum.innerText;
	theNewsNum        = document.getElementById("incoming").children.AllNews.children.length;
	theAddNum        = document.getElementById("incoming").children.AddNews.children.length;
	totalNum   =theNewsNum+theAddNum;
	theCurrentNews     = 0;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	theLeadString       = " ";
	theSpaceFiller      = " ";
	runTheTicker();
}
function runTheTicker() {
	if(theNewsState == 1) {
		if(CurrentPosion<theNewsNum) { setupNextNews(); }
		else { setupAddNews(); }
		CurrentPosion++;
		if(CurrentPosion>=totalNum||CurrentPosion>=5) CurrentPosion=0;
	}
	if(theCurrentLength != theNewsText.length) { drawNews(); }
	else { closeOutNews(); }
}
function setupNextNews() {
	theNewsState = 0;
	theCurrentNews = theCurrentNews % theNewsNum;
	theNewsText = document.getElementById("AllNews").children[theCurrentNews].children.Summary.innerText;
	theTargetLink = document.getElementById("AllNews").children[theCurrentNews].children.NewsLink.innerText;
	theCurrentLength = 0;
	document.all.hottext.href = theTargetLink;
	theCurrentNews++;
}
function setupAddNews() {
	theNewsState = 0;
	theCurrentNews = theCurrentNews % theAddNum; 
	theNewsText = document.getElementById("incoming").children.AddNews.children[theCurrentNews].children.Summary.innerText;
	theTargetLink = document.getElementById("incoming").children.AddNews.children[theCurrentNews].children.NewsLink.innerText;
	theCurrentLength = 0;
	document.all.hottext.href = theTargetLink;
	theCurrentNews++;
}
function drawNews() {
	var myWidget;
	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1) { myWidget = theWidgetOne; }
	else { myWidget = theWidgetTwo; }
	document.all.hottext.innerHTML = theLeadString + theNewsText.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + myWidget + theSpaceFiller;
	theCurrentLength++;
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", theCharacterTimeout);
}
function closeOutNews() {
	document.all.hottext.innerHTML = theLeadString + theNewsText + theSpaceFiller;
	theNewsState = 1;
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", theNewsTimeout);
}
window.onload=startTicker;
//-->