current_headline = 0;

function startHeadlines() {
   temp = setInterval("rotateHeadlines()", 8000);
   writeInitialDiv();
   preloadPage();
}

function rotateHeadlines() {
   writeHeadline('<a class=divlinks href="'+headlines[current_headline+1]+'">&nbsp;'+headlines[current_headline]+'</a>');
   if (current_headline > headlines.length-3) {
      current_headline = 0;
   } else { 
      current_headline += 2;
   }
}

function writeHeadline(content) {
   if (document.getElementById) {
 	document.getElementById("headlineDiv").innerHTML = content;
   } else if (document.all) {
	document.all["headlineDiv"].innerHTML = content;
   } else if (document.layers) {
        content_div_width = 540;

        if (!document.headlineDiv) return;

	mainDiv = document.headlineDiv;
      	with (mainDiv.document) {
           write(" ");
           close();
      	}
      	newDiv = new Layer(content_div_width, document.headlineDiv);
 
      	with (newDiv.document) {
           write(content);
           close();
        } 
        newDiv.visibility = "inherit";
        document.headlineDiv.visibility =  "show";	
   }
}