// JavaScript Document

var newsitems; 
var curritem=0; 

$(document).ready(function(){ 
    newsitems = $("#ticker li").hide().size(); 
    $("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").show(); 
    setInterval(ticknews,5000); //time in milliseconds 

}); 

function ticknews() { 
    $("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").hide(); 
    curritem = ++curritem%newsitems; 
    $("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").show(); 


}