Object.prototype.sTxt = '';
Object.prototype.sLnk = '';
Object.prototype.sDate = '';
			
var sDivID;
var objDiv;
var iArrIdx = 0;
var iStrIdx = 0;
var iTickDelay = 40;
var iPauseDelay = 3000;
	
function startTicker() {
	objDiv = eval('document.all.'+sDivID+'');
	setTimeout('displayText()', iTickDelay);
}
	
function displayText() {
	if (iStrIdx <= aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt.length) {
		if ((iStrIdx % 2) == 0) {
			objDiv.innerHTML = aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt.substr(0, iStrIdx++) + '_';
		} else {
			objDiv.innerHTML = aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt.substr(0, iStrIdx++);
		}
		setTimeout('displayText()', iTickDelay);
	} else {
		if (aNews[iArrIdx].sLnk.length == 0) {
			objDiv.innerHTML = aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt;
		} else {
			//objDiv.innerHTML = '<a href="#" onClick="window.open(\'+aNews[iArrIdx].sLnk+\',\'news\',\'top=50,left=50,width=400px,height=400px,status=yes,location=no,toolbar=no\');">'+aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt+'</a>';
			objDiv.innerHTML = '<a class="headline" href="'+aNews[iArrIdx].sLnk+'">'+aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt+'</a>';
		}
		iArrIdx = ((iArrIdx+1) < aNews.length)?iArrIdx+1:0;
		iStrIdx = 0;
		setTimeout('displayText()', iPauseDelay);
	}
}