var ticker_heads = new Array();
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ticker_heads[0] = 'American Linked to Terror Plot Brainwashed 6-Yea(...)';
ticker_urls[0] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C589203%2C00.html&usg=AFQjCNHaRVZksRKuPQXqofw6TgVF6XwS5g';
ticker_heads[1] = ''Red' protesters demand Thailand PM resigns';
ticker_urls[1] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fworld%2Fasia-pacific%2F8566588.stm&usg=AFQjCNFqHB4dTIosmKauOCaWqg2A3fKbPg';
ticker_heads[2] = 'White House Ups Ante With New Criticism of Israel';
ticker_urls[2] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2Fwhite-house-ups-ante-new-criticism-israel&usg=AFQjCNE8H96qQtDM9xMAQnqPVExXwH2JKw';
ticker_heads[3] = 'Parliamentarian in Role as Health Bill Referee';
ticker_urls[3] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2F14rules.html%3Fsrc%3Dme&usg=AFQjCNGU891mFCk5fiz9s5gbLPqlB6jKKQ';
ticker_heads[4] = 'Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids';
ticker_urls[4] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2FAR2010031400466.html&usg=AFQjCNEmPVnGDNFcUQSl1dkXZ9jpRfW3pA';
ticker_heads[5] = 'HBO's 'The Pacific' is real deal for veterans of(...)';
ticker_urls[5] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fsports%2Fmore_sports%2F2010%2F03%2F14%2F2010-03-14_yes_its_as_real_as_hell.html&usg=AFQjCNG_JOZLJ5ducsJNpxMBZpMCV4SeEg';
ticker_heads[6] = 'Kandahar Governor Appeals for More Troops';
ticker_urls[6] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.voanews.com%2Fenglish%2Fnews%2Fasia%2FTaliban-Claims-Responsibility-for-Afghan-Bombings-87613492.html&usg=AFQjCNFwCiFay1YuCIHyl0Ldw76SrvFuwg';
ticker_heads[7] = 'Storm leaves Northeast soggy, windblown and dark';
ticker_urls[7] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h6tfNzApstofgsxNKaABnHUoKKVQD9EEDM9O0&usg=AFQjCNFgStRCpRjqvUnWFipLZdQxKMvXkA';
ticker_heads[8] = 'Outraged by Glenn Beck's Salvo, Christians Fire Back';
ticker_urls[8] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Fus%2F12justice.html&usg=AFQjCNFF7jboOulAwuCBSZ9Ozt0n9YmCTg';
ticker_heads[9] = 'After success of 'Demon Sheep' ad, Fiorina's new(...)';
ticker_urls[9] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&sa=T&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2Ftop-stories%2Fci_14672578&usg=AFQjCNEMWOwft0FUZdWObfLbbOWmfZfc-g';
// delay between characters
var delay_interval = 50;
// how many times slower then normal delay the dot "flash" is
var dot_factor = 10;
// how many times to show the dot
var dot_repeat = 7;
var itemPos=0;
var charPos=0;

function ticker_refresh(){
	ticker_elem = document.getElementById('ticker');
	if(!ticker_elem){return;}
	if(!ticker_heads[itemPos]){return;}
	text = ticker_heads[itemPos].slice(0,charPos);

	if(charPos > ticker_heads[itemPos].length){
		dot = (charPos - ticker_heads[itemPos].length) % 2;
		if(dot){
			text = text +'.';
		}
	}

	ticker_elem.href=ticker_urls[itemPos];
	ticker_elem.innerHTML = text;
	wait = delay_interval;
	
	if(charPos > ticker_heads[itemPos].length + dot_repeat){
		itemPos = (itemPos + 1) % ticker_heads.length;
		charPos=0;
	}else{
		if(charPos > ticker_heads[itemPos].length){
			wait *= dot_factor;
		}
		charPos++;
	}
	setTimeout("ticker_refresh()", wait)
}
ticker_refresh();