var objCurNews = 0;
$(document).ready(function () {
    $(".landing-news-link").hover(function () {
        stopNewsTicker();
    }, function () {
        initNewsTicker();
    });
    objCurNews = $(".landing-news-link:first");
    //	alert(objCurNews.next().html());
    objCurNews.slideDown(800);
    var itvNewsTicker = "";
    function fadeNewsTicker() {
        objTempCurNews = objCurNews;
        if (objCurNews.next().html() != null) {
            objCurNews = objCurNews.next();
        } else {
            objCurNews = $(".landing-news-link:first");
        }
        //objTempCurNews.hide("slide", { direction: "up" }, 500, fadeNewsIn);
        objTempCurNews.slideUp(1000, fadeNewsIn);
    }
    function fadeNewsIn() {
        objCurNews.slideDown(1000);
    }
    function initNewsTicker() {
        clearInterval(itvNewsTicker);
        itvNewsTicker = setInterval(fadeNewsTicker, 6000, objCurNews);
    }
    function stopNewsTicker() {
        clearInterval(itvNewsTicker);
    }
    initNewsTicker();
});