/* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
*/

var delay = 5000; 
var maxsteps=30; 
var stepdelay=1; 
var startcolor= new Array(63,63,63); 
var endcolor=new Array(238,238,238); 

var line=new Array();
begintag='<div style="font: normal 12px Arial; padding: 5px;">'; 





line[0]="<center>...Headlines Sun  May 3 Updated    12:00 AM ET...<p><br><p>- 13 -</center>";

line[1]="3 U.S. soldiers killed by Taliban - 2 U.S. soldiers killed by Iraqi soldier near Mosul";
line[2]="Mexico swine flu death toll jumps to 19 - Canada finds pigs with flu virus";
line[3]="Jack Kemp, GOP presidential hopeful, dead at 73";
line[4]="UAW wins 55% Chrysler stake in gamble as automaker seeks to auction most assets";
line[5]="GM sales drop 34% in one month";
line[6]="Citigroup may need another $10 billion to pass 'stress test'";
line[7]="Wall St. S&P has biggest monthly jump since 2000";
line[8]="Israeli air strikes kill 2 in Gaza tunnel under Egypt border";
line[9]="Low levels of lithium in drinking water reduces suicide risk, Japan discovers ";
line[10]="Pakistani woman singer murdered by brothers for 'TV sin'";
line[11]="16 militants, 2 Pakistani soldiers die in combat near Afghan border - Pakistan kills up to 60 Taliban  ";
line[12]="5 killed in Mosul suicide bombing";

      closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='90px'; 
var fheight='150px';  
var fadelinks=1;  

///No need to edit below this line///


var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(){
  if (index>=line.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+line[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+line[index]+closetag;
  index++
}

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  //
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
      obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
  }
}

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
	
  }   
}

/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
function getstepcolor(step) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
    diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
    if(diff > 0) {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
    } else {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
    }
  }
  return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}

  document.write(' <font color=#eeeeee face=Arial,Helvetica,Verdana size=-2>BREAKING    NEWS <br>');
  document.write('3 MAY   &nbsp; 0000  ET');
 
 
 

if (ie4||DOM2)
  document.write('<div id="fscroller" style=" width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');

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

 document.write(' &nbsp; <a href="http://www.albionmonitor.com" target="_top">FRONT PAGE');
