var detect = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	function checkIt(string)
	{
		place = detect.indexOf(string) + 1;
		thestring = string;
		return place;
	}

	var ie5=0; moz5=0;
	if (checkIt('msie')) ie5 = 1;
	else if (!checkIt('compatible')) moz5 = 1;

    
	var memorycontent = ''; //breaking_news;
	var memorywidth="675px" //scroller width
	var memoryheight="20px" //scroller height
	var memorybgcolor="" //scroller background
	var memorypadding="0 0 0 0" //padding applied to the scroller. 0 for non.
	var borderCSS="border: 0px solid black;" //Border CSS, applied to scroller to give border.

	var memoryspeed= ( ie5 ) ? 2 : 2 //Scroller speed (larger is faster 1-10)
	var pauseit=1 //Pause scroller onMousever (0=no. 1=yes)?

	var persistlastviewedmsg=1 //should scroller's position persist after users navigate away (1=yes, 0=no)?
	var persistmsgbehavior="onload" //set to "onload" or "onclick".

	var combinedcssTable="width:"+(parseInt(memorywidth)+6)+"px;background-color:"+memorybgcolor+";padding:"+memorypadding+";"+borderCSS+";"
	var combinedcss="width:"+memorywidth+";height:"+memoryheight+";"

	var divonclick=(persistlastviewedmsg && persistmsgbehavior=="onclick")? 'onClick="savelastmsg()" ' : ''
	memoryspeed=(document.all)? memoryspeed : Math.max(1, memoryspeed-1) //slow speed down by 1 for NS
	var copyspeed=memoryspeed
	var pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0
	var iedom=document.all||document.getElementById
	if (iedom)
	document.write('<span id="temp" style="visibility:hidden;position:absolute;top:-100px;left:-10000px"></span>')
	var actualwidth=''
	var memoryscroller

	if (window.addEventListener)
	window.addEventListener("load", populatescroller, false)
	else if (window.attachEvent)
	window.attachEvent("onload", populatescroller)
	else if (document.all || document.getElementById)
	window.onload=populatescroller

	function populatescroller()
    {
		var memorycontent = document.getElementById('breaking_news').innerHTML;
		document.getElementById("temp").innerHTML = memorycontent;
		memoryscroller=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("memoryscroller") : document.all.memoryscroller
		memoryscroller.style.left=parseInt(memorywidth)+8+"px"
		if (persistlastviewedmsg && get_cookie("lastscrollerpos")!="")
		revivelastmsg()
		memoryscroller.innerHTML=memorycontent
		actualwidth = document.all ? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth 
		
		lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)	
	}

	function get_cookie(Name) {
	var search = Name + "="
	var returnvalue = ""
	if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
	offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
	if (offset != -1) {
	offset += search.length
	end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
	if (end == -1)
	end = document.cookie.length;
	returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
	}
	}
	return returnvalue;
	}

	function savelastmsg(){
	document.cookie="lastscrollerpos="+memoryscroller.style.left
	}

	function revivelastmsg(){
	lastscrollerpos=parseInt(get_cookie("lastscrollerpos"))
	memoryscroller.style.left=parseInt(lastscrollerpos)+"px"
	}

	if (persistlastviewedmsg && persistmsgbehavior=="onload")
	window.onunload=savelastmsg

	function scrollmarquee()
	{
		if (parseInt(memoryscroller.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8)) 
		{
			memoryscroller.style.left=parseInt(memoryscroller.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"; 
		}
		else
		{
			memoryscroller.style.left=parseInt(memorywidth)+8+"px"; 			
		}
	}

	if (iedom){
	with (document){
	document.write('<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="'+combinedcssTable+'"><td>')
	write('<div style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;'+combinedcss+'" onMouseover="copyspeed=pausespeed" onMouseout="copyspeed=memoryspeed">')
	write('<div id="memoryscroller" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;" '+divonclick+'></div>')
	write('</div>')
	document.write('</td></table>')
	}
	}