var currentNewsItem = 0;
$(function() {
	$("#News").load("NewsItems.html", function(response, status, xhr)
	{
		$(".newsItems").hide();
		$(".newsItems:eq(" + currentNewsItem + ")").show();
		setInterval(updateNewsStory, 5000);
		
		$(".newsItems").click(function()
		{
			window.location.href=($(this).attr("href"));
		});
	}
	);
});		


function updateNewsStory()
{
	var oldNewsItem = currentNewsItem;
	currentNewsItem++;
	if($(".newsItems:eq(" + currentNewsItem + ")").length == 0)
	{
		currentNewsItem = 0;
	}
	$(".newsItems:eq(" + oldNewsItem + ")").fadeOut('fast',function()
	{
		$(".newsItems:eq(" + currentNewsItem + ")").fadeIn('fast');
	});
}