
  function news_open(num) {
   var
       x = Math.floor((screen.width  - 320) / 2),
       y = Math.floor((screen.height - 240) / 2),
       w;

    w = window.open("", "_blank", "width=320,height=240,left=" + x + ",screenX=" + x + ",top=" + y + ",screenY=" + y + ",toolbar=no,location=no,menubar=no,directories=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes");

   if ((w) && (!w.closed)) {
     w.focus();

     w.document.write
      (

       "<html>" +
       
         "<head>" +
          "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">" +
          "<title>" + news_data[num] + "</title>" +

          "<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"js/mm.js\"></script>" +
          "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"css/style.css\" type=\"text/css\">" +
         "</head>" +
       
         "<body bgcolor=\"#CCCC99\" text=\"#000000\">" +
       
          "<p align=\"right\">" +
           "<a href=\"javascript:window.close()\" onMouseOut=\"MM_swapImgRestore()\" onMouseOver=\"MM_swapImage('close','','images/close_on.gif',1)\"><img src=\"images/close_off.gif\" width=\"62\" height=\"14\" name=\"close\" border=\"0\"></a>" +
          "</p>" +
       
          "<p>" +
           "<span class=\"subhead\">" + news_data[num] + "</span>" +
            "<br><br>" +
           "<span class=\"body\">" + news_data[num + 2] + "</span>" +
          "</p>" +
       
        "</body>" +
       "</html>"

      );

    if (w.MM_preloadImages)
     w.MM_preloadImages('images/close_on.gif')
   }

  }

  function news_output() {
   var str = "<table width=413 border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>" +
               "<tr>" +
                "<td valign=top>";

   for (var n = 0; n < news_data.length; n += 3)
     str += "<p><a href=\"javascript:news_open(" + n + ")\" class=subhead>" + news_data[n] + "</a><br>" +
             "<span class=body> " + news_data[n + 1] + "</span></p>";


    str += "</td></tr></table>";

    return str;
  }

  function news_headline() {
   var n = Math.floor( Math.random() * (news_data.length / 3) ) * 3;

    return "<a href=\"javascript:news_open(" + n + ")\" class=link>" + news_data[n] +
           "<img src=\"images/arrows.gif\" width=28 height=20 border=0 hspace=0></a>";

  }
