var ticker_heads = new Array();
var ticker_urls = new Array();
ticker_heads[0] = 'Earl, Losing Force Fast, Churns by New England';
ticker_urls[0] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFt_fZ9pV5dGLcjT0EWF86cLUylAg&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703946504575468961127027830.html';
ticker_heads[1] = 'Powerful quake hits New Zealand';
ticker_urls[1] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG7hbp-09g-2dYBxczTrXfMh-1E9g&url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-new-zealand-quake-20100904,0,1084317.story';
ticker_heads[2] = 'Obama to Link Tax Plan, Hiring';
ticker_urls[2] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH2PQuvhLlbahANgVihosBzjvdbQw&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704855104575470063205601090.html';
ticker_heads[3] = 'Taliban Claim Deadly Attack in Pakistan';
ticker_urls[3] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF59kaLH6b4Xjc_c3XryTCIOuTceQ&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/world/asia/04pstan.html?src%3Dmv';
ticker_heads[4] = 'Jan Brewer debate gaffe: How badly will it hurt (...)';
ticker_urls[4] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG6YPanb5fJG5p4SeK5F7kzYf5Nsw&url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/Governors/2010/0903/Jan-Brewer-debate-gaffe-How-badly-will-it-hurt-her-chances';
ticker_heads[5] = 'Scientist Sets Off Security Scare, Not His First(...)';
ticker_urls[5] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGJONEDZ5i1CkeNK7_bgnnwmExT1A&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/04/us/04miami.html';
ticker_heads[6] = 'When Christine O'Donnell Talks, Mike Castle Brea(...)';
ticker_urls[6] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHpy2W3mABtn27RJoYsQvC1LdgU4g&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703946504575470221240928594.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj';
ticker_heads[7] = 'Jerry Brown would cut pensions if elected';
ticker_urls[7] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFDyEaih18bZy_h8_HAbfEqzHXFTw&url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/c/a/2010/09/03/MNAM1F8CBV.DTL%26type%3Dpolitics%26tsp%3D1';
ticker_heads[8] = '9 believed dead in New Zealand plane crash';
ticker_urls[8] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNESevJtOjRA2lcApZgqeON4hDHvAw&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090306526.html';
ticker_heads[9] = 'Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination';
ticker_urls[9] = 'http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH-w5c5hAP33qGC33EYvDuw2nsmOw&url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigration-employers-20100904,0,5792545.story';
// 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();