var headline_count;
var headline_interval;
var old_headline = 0;
var current_headline = 0;

$(document).ready(
	function(){
		headline_count = $("div.news-latest-item").size();
		$("div.news-latest-item:eq("+current_headline+")").css('top','5px');
		headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate,14000); //time in milliseconds
		$('#news').hover(
			function() {
				clearInterval(headline_interval);
			}, 
			function() {
				headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate,14000); //time in milliseconds
//				headline_rotate();
			});
	}
);

function headline_rotate() {

	current_headline = (old_headline + 1) % headline_count; 
	$("div.news-latest-item:eq(" + old_headline + ")").animate({top: -205},"slow", 
		function() {
			$(this).css('top','210px');
		});

	$("div.news-latest-item:eq(" + current_headline + ")").show().animate({top: 5},"slow");  
	old_headline = current_headline;
}