// news ticker function
var cnt=0;                        // current news item
var curr = "";
var i=-1;                        // current letter being typed


function newsticker()
{
        // next character of current item
        if (i < newslist[cnt][0].length - 1)
        {
                i++;
                temp1 = newslist[cnt][0];
                temp1 = temp1.split('');
                  curr = curr+temp1[i];
                  ticker.innerHTML = curr;
                  setTimeout('newsticker()',10)
                return;
        }

        // new item
        i = -1; curr = "";
        if (cnt<newslist.length-1)
                cnt++;
        else
                cnt=0;

        setTimeout('newsticker()',3000)

}