// JavaScript Document
function loadNewsAlt(){
	if(document.getElementById("headline") != null){
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
		  {
		  xhttp=new window.XMLHttpRequest()
		  }
		else
		  {
		  xhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
		  }
		xhttp.open("GET","/xml/home_news.xml",false);
		xhttp.send("");
		xmlDoc=xhttp.responseXML;
		
		var maxItems = 3;
	
		$('#headline').html('');
		var newsItemCount = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("newsitem").length;
		
		for(var i=0;i<maxItems;i++){
			if(newsItemCount > i){
				var newHeadline = '<div class="alt-news">';
				
					newHeadline += ('<div class="alt-news-date">');
					if(xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("date").length > i){
						var dateString = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("date")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
						newHeadline += dateString;
					}
					newHeadline += "</div>";
						
					
					newHeadline += '<div class="alt-news-headline">';
					newHeadline += '<a href="' + xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("link")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + '" target="' + xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("target")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + '">';
					
					newHeadline += xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("headline")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
					newHeadline += "</a>";
					newHeadline += '</div>';


					newHeadline += '<div class="clear"></div>';
				
				$('#headline').append(newHeadline);
			
			}
		}
		//loadPoll();
	}
	
}

function loadPoll(){
	$("#homePoll").fadeIn("slow");
}


$(document).ready(function() {

	loadNewsAlt();
});