var scrollContentHeight = 0;
var targetTop = 0;
var targetTop = "px";
var scrollDuration = 0;

function scrollTheNews() {
	$('#newsscroller').animate({
		top: targetTop
	}, 45000, "linear", function() {
		$('#newsscroller').css('top','220px');
		scrollTheNews();
	});
}

$(document).ready(function() {

	$('.news .button').hide();

	$('#newscontainer').height(220);
	$('#newscontainer').css('position','relative');
	$('#newscontainer').css('overflow','hidden');

	$('#newsscroller').css('position','absolute');
	$('#newsscroller').css('top','220');
	$('#newsscroller').css('left','0');
	
	$('.news .item').css('height','auto');
	$('.news .item').css('marginBottom','12px');
	$('.news .item h4 a').css('color','#ee7910');

	scrollContentHeight = $('#newsscroller').height();
	targetTop = (0 - scrollContentHeight);
	targetTop = targetTop + "px";
	
	scrollDuration = 2500 * $('.news .item').size();

	scrollTheNews();

});