var text;
var delay;
var currentChar;
var dest;

function type()
{

      dest.innerHTML=text.substr(0, currentChar)+"_";
      currentChar++
      if (currentChar<=text.length-1)
      {
        setTimeout("type()", delay);
      } else {
          dest.innerHTML=text.substr(0,text.length-1);
          setTimeout(ticknews,4000); //time in milliseconds 
      }
}


$(document).ready(function(){
    setTimeout(ticknews,2000); //time in milliseconds 
}); 

function ticknews() { 
    $.get("/headgen/new.cgi?gmin=2.5&hmin=1.0&debug=no", handleHeadline);
}

function handleHeadline( headline ) {
    $("#breaking").append("<div style=\"display: none\">LATEST: <a href=\"/\"></a></div>");
    $("#breaking div:eq(0)").fadeOut("slow",function(){$(this).remove();});
    $("#breaking div:eq(1)").fadeIn("slow");

    text=headline;
    delay=80;
    currentChar=0;
    dest = document.getElementById("breaking").getElementsByTagName("div").item(1).getElementsByTagName("a").item(0);

    type($("#breaking div:eq(1) a"),headline,1000,1);

    //dest.setAttribute("href","/article.cgi?headline="+headline);

}