var newsitems;
var curritem=0;
var iPause=0;

var $ticker = jQuery.noConflict();
$ticker(document).ready(function(){
var tickerSelector = "ul#ticker li";
//newsitems = $("#ticker li").hide().size();
newsitems = $ticker(tickerSelector).hide().hover(
function(){
jQuery(this).addClass("hovered");
iPause=1;
},
function(){
jQuery(this).removeClass("hovered");
iPause=0;
}
).filter(":eq(0)").show().add(tickerSelector).size();

$ticker("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").show();
//$("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn(2000);
setInterval(ticknews,5000); //time in milliseconds
});


function ticknews() {
	if (iPause==0){
	$ticker("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").fadeOut("slow",function(){$ticker(this).hide();});
	curritem = ++curritem%newsitems;
	$ticker("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn(2000,function(){$ticker(this).show();});
}
}