function startTicker() {

 StoryCounter = -1;
 LengthCounter = 0;
 TickerLink = document.getElementById("tickerlink");
 runTicker();

}

 
function runTicker() {

 var Timeout;
 if (LengthCounter == 0) {
  StoryCounter++;
  StoryCounter = StoryCounter % ItemCount;
  CurrentHeadline = Headlines[StoryCounter];
  TargetLink = Links[StoryCounter];
  TickerLink.href = TargetLink;
  Prefix = "<span class=\"ticker\">" + LeadString + "</span>";
 }

  TickerLink.innerHTML = Prefix + CurrentHeadline.substring(0, LengthCounter) + getSymbol();

 

  if (LengthCounter != CurrentHeadline.length) {
    LengthCounter++;
    Timeout = CharacterTimeout;
   }
  else {
    LengthCounter = 0;
    Timeout = StoryTimeout;
  }
  setTimeout("runTicker()", Timeout);
}

 

function getSymbol() {

 if (LengthCounter == CurrentHeadline.length) {
  return SymbolNone;
 }
 if ((LengthCounter % 2) == 1) {
  return SymbolOne;
 }
 else {
  return SymbolTwo;
 }

}


startTicker();