var headlineTimeout;
var showHeadlineNumber = 0;
function headline_start(){
	// ** create headlines divs ** //
	var headlinediv = document.createElement("div");
	headlinediv.setAttribute('id','headlines');
	document.getElementById("main-center").insertBefore(headlinediv,document.getElementById("middle"));

	var headlinedivinner = document.createElement("div");
	headlinedivinner.setAttribute('id','headlines-inner');
	headlinediv.appendChild(headlinedivinner);
	// ** create headlines span ** //
	var headlinespan = document.createElement("span");
	headlinespan.setAttribute('id','headlines-span');
	headlinedivinner.appendChild(headlinespan);
	headlineTimeout = setTimeout("show_headline()",100);
}
function show_headline(){
	set_opacity(100);
	document.getElementById("headlines-span").innerHTML = headlines[showHeadlineNumber % headlines.length];
	showHeadlineNumber++;
	headlineTimeout = setTimeout("kill_headline()",7000);
}
function kill_headline(){
	var txt = document.getElementById("headlines-span");
	var optimer = 0;
	for(var i=100; i >= 0; i-=10){
		setTimeout("set_opacity("+i+")",optimer);
		optimer += 20;
	}
	headlineTimeout = setTimeout("show_headline()",1000);
}
function set_opacity(i){
		var txt = document.getElementById("headlines-span").style;
	    txt.opacity = (i / 100);
		txt.MozOpacity = (i / 100);
		txt.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + i + ')';
		txt.KhtmlOpacity = (i / 100); 
}