var newsticker;
var newscurr = 0;
var headlines = new Array();
var newslinks = new Array();
$(document).ready(function(){
	$('#newshome_expand').toggle(
		function() {
			window.clearTimeout(newsticker);
			$('#newshome_tickerlink').attr('href','#').text('LATEST NEWS').addClass('disabled');
			$('#newshome_expand').css('background','url(http://www.hope-link.org/images/interface/newsfeed_icon.png) 0px -22px');
			if (document.all) {$('#newshome_list').show();}
			else {$('#newshome_list').slideDown('slow');}
		},
		function() {
			newtext = $('.newshome_title:first').text();
			$('#newshome_tickerlink').attr('href','').text(newtext).removeClass('disabled');
			$('#newshome_expand').css('background','url(http://www.hope-link.org/images/interface/newsfeed_icon.png) top left');
			if (document.all) {$('#newshome_list').hide();}
			else {$('#newshome_list').slideUp('slow');}
			switchNews();
		}
	);
	$(document).ready(function() {
		$('.newshome_title').each( function() {
			headlines.push($(this).html());
			newslinks.push($(this).attr('href'));
		});
	});
	switchNews();
});

function switchNews() {
	$('#newshome_tickerlink').fadeOut('fast',function() {
		$('#newshome_tickerlink').attr('href',newslinks[newscurr]);
		$('#newshome_tickerlink').html(headlines[newscurr]);
		$('#newshome_tickerlink').fadeIn('fast');
	});
	(newscurr+1 > (headlines.length -1)) ? newscurr=0:newscurr++;
	newsticker = window.setTimeout("switchNews()",7500);
}