// News script:
var delayb4scroll = 1000	//Specify initial delay before marquee starts to scroll on page (2000=2 seconds)
var marqueespeed = 1		//Specify marquee scroll speed (larger is faster 1-10)
var pauseit = 1				//Pause marquee onMousever (0=no. 1=yes)?

function readNews(site) {
	var news_file = "news/"+site+".txt";
	if ('undefined' == typeof(news_file)) return false;
	var news,rnd;
	if (document.all){	// For IE, create an ActiveX Object instance 
		news = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} 
	else {				// For Mozilla, create an instance of XMLHttpRequest
		news= new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	// Prevent browsers from caching the included page by appending a random number
	rnd = Math.random().toString().substring(2);
	news_file = news_file.indexOf('?')>-1 ? news_file+'&rnd='+rnd : news_file+'?rnd='+rnd;
	// Open the url and write out the response
	news.open("GET",news_file,false);
	news.send(null);
	var news_box = document.getElementById('news');
	news_box.innerHTML = news.responseText;
}

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var copyspeed=marqueespeed
var pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0
var actualheight=''

function scrollmarquee(){
if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.top)>(actualheight*(-1)+8))
cross_marquee.style.top=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.top)-copyspeed+"px"
else
cross_marquee.style.top=parseInt(marqueeheight)+8+"px"
}

function initializemarquee(){
cross_marquee=document.getElementById("news")
cross_marquee.style.top=0
marqueeheight=document.getElementById("news-box").offsetHeight
actualheight=cross_marquee.offsetHeight
if (window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7")!=-1){ //if Opera or Netscape 7x, add scrollbars to scroll and exit
cross_marquee.style.height=marqueeheight+"px"
cross_marquee.style.overflow="scroll"
return
}
setTimeout('lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",30)', delayb4scroll)
}

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