jQuery.fn.accessNews=function(settings)
{settings=jQuery.extend({newsHeadline:"Top Stories",newsSpeed:"normal"},settings);
return this.each(function(i){
	aNewsSlider.itemWidth=parseInt(jQuery(".item:eq("+i+")",".news_slider").css("width"))+parseInt(jQuery(".item:eq("+i+")",".news_slider").css("margin-right"));
	aNewsSlider.init(settings,this);
	jQuery(".view_all > a",this).click(function(){
	aNewsSlider.vAll(settings,this);
	return false})})};
	var aNewsSlider={
		itemWidth:0,init:function(s,p){
			jQuery(".messaging",p).css("display","none");
			itemLength=jQuery(".item",p).length;
			if(jQuery(".view_all",p).width()==null){
			jQuery(".news_items",p).prepend("")}newsContainerWidth=itemLength*aNewsSlider.itemWidth;jQuery(".container",p).css("width",newsContainerWidth+"px");
			
			if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))<=aNewsSlider.itemWidth*5){
			jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");
			}else{jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");}
			animating=false;
			jQuery(".next",p).click(function(){
				if(animating==false){
					animating=true;
					animateLeft=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))-(aNewsSlider.itemWidth*1);
					if(animateLeft+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))>0){
					
						jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","block");
						
						jQuery(".container",p).animate({left:animateLeft},s.newsSpeed,function(){
						jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);
						if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))<=aNewsSlider.itemWidth*5){
							jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none")}animating=false})
							}else{animating=false}}return false});
							jQuery(".prev",p).click(function(){
							if(animating==false){animating=true;animateLeft=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))+(aNewsSlider.itemWidth*1);
							if((animateLeft+parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width")))<=parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("width"))){
								jQuery(".next",p).css("display","block");
								jQuery(".container",p).animate({left:animateLeft},s.newsSpeed,function(){
								jQuery(this).css("left",animateLeft);
								if(parseInt(jQuery(".container",p).css("left"))==0){
								jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none")}animating=false})}
								else{animating=false}}return false})},vAll:function(s,p){
								var o=p;
								while(p){
								p=p.parentNode;
								if(jQuery(p).attr("class")!=undefined&&jQuery(p).attr("class").indexOf("news_slider")!=-1){break}
								}
								if(jQuery(o).text().indexOf("View All")!=-1){
									jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");
									jQuery(".prev",p).css("display","none");
									jQuery(o).text("View Less");
									jQuery(".container",p).css("left","0px").css("width",aNewsSlider.itemWidth*5+"px")
									}else{jQuery(o).text("View All");aNewsSlider.init(s,p)}}};