var GLOBAL_OPENNEWS = "";

function openNews (sID)
{
	if (GLOBAL_OPENNEWS != "") 
		closeNews()
	nwsToggle(sID, 1);
}


function closeNews()
{
	nwsToggle(GLOBAL_OPENNEWS, -1);
}


function popNews()
{
	var sPop = nwsGetQuery(document.location.href, "nwsID");
	var oPop = (sPop == "") ? false : document.getElementById(sPop);
	if (oPop)
		openNews(sPop)

}


function nwsToggle (sID, bOpen)
{
	var oNewsList = document.getElementById("NewsListings");
	var oNews = document.getElementById(sID);

	if (bOpen == 1)
	{
		oNewsList.style.display = "none";
		oNews.style.display = "";
		GLOBAL_OPENNEWS = sID;
	}
	else
	{

		oNewsList.style.display = "";
		oNews.style.display = "none";
		GLOBAL_OPENNEWS = "";
	}
}

function nwsGetQuery (queryString, itemName) 
{
	if (queryString.indexOf(itemName) == -1) return (""); //error check
	var passedVars = queryString.substring(queryString.indexOf('?') + 1, queryString.length);

	if (passedVars.indexOf('&') != -1)
	{
		var tempString = passedVars;
		passedVars = tempString.substring(tempString.indexOf(itemName), tempString.indexOf("&"));
	}

	return (passedVars.substring(passedVars.indexOf(itemName) + itemName.length + 1, passedVars.length));
}