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)}
		newsContainerWidth=itemLength*aNewsSlider.itemWidth;jQuery(".container",p).css("width",newsContainerWidth+"px");
		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(".spacerPrev",p).css("display","none");
												  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*3){jQuery(".next",p).css("display","none");jQuery(".spacerNext",p).css("display","block");}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(".spacerNext",p).css("display","none");
											 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");jQuery(".spacerPrev",p).css("display","block");}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(".spacerPrev",p).css("display","block");
		jQuery(".spacerNext",p).css("display","block");
		jQuery(o).text("View Less");
		jQuery(".container",p).css("left","0px").css("width",aNewsSlider.itemWidth*3+"px")}else{jQuery(o).text("View All");aNewsSlider.init(s,p)}}};