var newsSpeed = 1;
var actualheight = "";
var speednew = newsSpeed;
var timeoutprop=100;

//timeoutprop above can be set to vary the speed of the scroller - the higher, the slower.

function over() {
  speednew = 0;
}

function out() {
  speednew = newsSpeed;
}

function initScroller() {
var newsbox=document.getElementById("newsbox")
sponsheight = document.getElementById("newsboxcont").offsetHeight
 newsbox.style.top=0	 
 actualheight=newsbox.offsetHeight
 if (window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7")!=-1){ //if Opera or Netscape 7x
  newsbox.style.overflow="scroll"
 newsbox.style.height=sponsheight +"px"	 
  return
 }
clearInterval('timeleft'); 
varTimeLeft = 'timeleft=setInterval("newsscroller()",'+timeoutprop+')'
setTimeout(varTimeLeft,1000);
}

function newsscroller() {
var newsbox=document.getElementById("newsbox")
 if (parseInt(newsbox.style.top) > (actualheight*(-1))) {
  	newsbox.style.top=parseInt(newsbox.style.top)-speednew+"px"
 } else {
  newsbox.style.top=parseInt(sponsheight)+"px"
 }
}

if (window.addEventListener) { // Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox
 window.addEventListener("load", initScroller, false);
} else if (window.attachEvent) { // IE
 window.attachEvent("onload", initScroller);
} else if (document.getElementById) {
 window.onload = initScroller;
}