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ticker_heads[1] = 'Obama Strikes Back at Bush On Diplomacy';
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ticker_heads[2] = 'Zimbabwe Election Runoff Set for June 27';
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ticker_heads[3] = 'Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'';
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ticker_heads[4] = 'Dominican leader sets sight on election win';
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ticker_heads[5] = 'Congress plows past critics to pass farm bill';
ticker_urls[5] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf%3F/base/news-2/121100178680080.xml%26coll%3D1&cid=1212872487&ei=pIouSOa7D5jEQ_To4LAI&usg=AFrqEzcy9c_TEEQdJ8Qs3hReSJFYQxP6-Q';
ticker_heads[6] = 'Campaign Tightens Rules on Lobbying';
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ticker_heads[7] = 'The Republican strategy backfires';
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ticker_heads[8] = 'Saudis Rebuff Bush, Politely, on Pumping More Oil';
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ticker_heads[9] = 'Without Yahoo, Microsoft Has Little for Advertisers';
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ticker_heads[10] = 'He put California wine on the map';
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ticker_heads[11] = 'Skirting Appalachia';
ticker_urls[11] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/opinion/17blow.html&cid=1212990507&ei=pIouSOa7D5jEQ_To4LAI&usg=AFrqEzeRbQKhXysKdicMTR6-xmWX30RWMA';
ticker_heads[12] = 'Edwards rules out possibility of vice presidenti(...)';
ticker_urls[12] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/05/17/edwards_rules_out_possibility_of_vice_presidential_run_with_obama&cid=1213032327&ei=pIouSOa7D5jEQ_To4LAI&usg=AFrqEzfXdTvzje2CIQDQbRjtRcK_BierFQ';
ticker_heads[13] = 'The Early Word: Conflict Issues for McCain';
ticker_urls[13] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-2-0&fd=R&url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/the-early-word-conflict-issues-for-mccain/&cid=1213367609&ei=pIouSOa7D5jEQ_To4LAI&usg=AFrqEzfgAc-fOoDluEsw8B7rndxdRTW2ig';
ticker_heads[14] = 'Survey Shows Teens Dig The PS3';
ticker_urls[14] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D10533%26Itemid%3D53&cid=1213148857&ei=pIouSOa7D5jEQ_To4LAI&usg=AFrqEzffld-qolfaL28exoFLxfMVVANvsw';
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// 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(){
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