// rotate the news items
var curItem = 0;
var lastItem = 0;
function showitem() {

    var newsSummary = $('.newsitem-summary');
    newsSummary.hide();
    newsSummary.eq(curItem).show();
    setTimeout("shownextitem()", 10000);
}

function shownextitem() {
    var newsSummary = $('.newsitem-summary');
    if (newsSummary.length > (curItem + 1)) {
        curItem++;
    }
    else
    {
        curItem = 0;
    }
    showitem();
}