jQuery.fn.accessNews=function(settings){

	settings=jQuery.extend({newsHeadline:"Top Stories",newsWidth:769,newsSpeed:"normal"},settings);jQuery(".showload").css("display","none");jQuery(".loading").css("display","");return this.each(function(i){aNewsSlider.init(settings,this);jQuery(".view_all > a",this).click(function(){aNewsSlider.vAll(settings,this);return false})})};var aNewsSlider={init:function(s,p){jQuery(".messaging",p).css("display","none");itemLength=jQuery(".item",p).length;if(jQuery(".view_all",p).width()==null){jQuery(".news_items",p).prepend("<p class='view_all'>"+s.newsHeadline+" [ "+itemLength+" total ] &nbsp;-&nbsp; <a href='#'>View All</a></p>")}newsContainerWidth=itemLength*s.newsWidth;jQuery(".container",p).css("width",newsContainerWidth+"px");jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");animating=false;jQuery(".next",p).click(function(){if(animating==false){animating=true;animateLeft=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))-(s.newsWidth*4);if(animateLeft+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))>0){jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","block");jQuery(".container",p).animate({left:animateLeft},s.newsSpeed,function(){jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))<=s.newsWidth*4){jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none")}animating=false})}else{animating=false}return false}});jQuery(".prev",p).click(function(){if(animating==false){animating=true;animateLeft=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+(s.newsWidth*4);if((animateLeft+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width")))<=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))){jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");jQuery(".container",p).animate({left:animateLeft},s.newsSpeed,function(){jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))==0){jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none")}animating=false})}else{animating=false}return false}})},vAll:function(s,p){var o=p;while(p){p=p.parentNode;if(jQuery(p).attr("class")!=undefined&&jQuery(p).attr("class").indexOf("news_slider")!=-1){break}}if(jQuery(o).text().indexOf("View All")!=-1){jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");jQuery(o).text("View Less");jQuery(".container",p).css("left","0px").css("width",s.newsWidth*4+"px")}else{jQuery(o).text("View All");aNewsSlider.init(s,p);}}};