var news_array;
var current_news;

function initialize_news_ticker(news) {
  news_array = news;
  show_news();
}

function show_news() {
  if (current_news) {
    document.getElementById('news_ticker_' + current_news).style.display = 'none';
  }
  current_news = news_array.shift();
  news_array.push(current_news);
  document.getElementById('news_ticker_' + current_news).style.display = 'inline';
  var timeout = window.setTimeout("show_news();", 10000);
}