//counter
var totalNewsLinkWidth = 463;
var NewsLinkWidth;
var layerNewsCount = 5;
var currentNewsLayer = 1;
var tabs=new Array("","local","national","world","politics","bus");

function showNews (layer) {
	layertohide='news'+currentNewsLayer;
  //Comment out this line if details layer is not used
  //detailstohide='promoDetails'+currentNewsLayer;
	setObjVis(layertohide,'hidden');
	cTab = document.getElementById("news_link"+currentNewsLayer);
    cTab.style.backgroundImage="url(/graphics/top_"+tabs[currentNewsLayer]+"_normal.gif)";
  //Comment out this line if details layer is not used
  //setObjVis(detailstohide,'hidden');
	layertoshownow='news'+layer;
	setObjVis(layertoshownow,'visible');
	oTab = document.getElementById("news_link"+layer);
    oTab.style.backgroundImage="url(/graphics/top_"+tabs[layer]+"_hover.gif)";
	currentNewsLayer=layer;
	//var t=setTimeout("restartFlip()",15000);
	
}

//New Promo Script for use with News Items Tool
function showNewsDetails(img,id) {
img.parentNode.style.visibility='hidden';
promo_content = document.getElementById(id);
promo_content.style.visibility='visible';
}