<!--// News Ticker startupfunction startTicker(){	// Define run time values	theCurrentStory     = -1;	theCurrentLength    = 0;	// Locate base objects	if (document.getElementById) {			    theAnchorObject=document.getElementById("ticker");			runTheTicker();   			 }	else {            document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");            return true;	}}// Ticker main run loopfunction runTheTicker(){	var myTimeout;  	// Go for the next story data block	if(theCurrentLength == 0)	{		theCurrentStory++;		theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;		theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');				theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];		theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";	}	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + 	theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)	{		theCurrentLength++;		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;	}	else	{		theCurrentLength = 0;		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;	}	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);}// Widget generatorfunction whatWidget(){	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)	{		return theWidgetNone;	}	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)	{		return theWidgetOne;	}	else	{		return theWidgetTwo;	}}var theCharacterTimeout = 20;var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;var theWidgetOne        = "_";var theWidgetTwo        = "-";var theWidgetNone       = "";var theLeadString       = "NEWS:&nbsp;&nbsp;";var theSummaries = new Array();var theSiteLinks = new Array();//-->
