function initNews() {

    $("#newsprev").hover(function(){
        $(this).css('background-position','-410px 25px');
    },function(){
        $(this).css('background-position','0px 25px');
    }).click(function() {
        var k = newsPanel.replace(/#npanel/,'');
        if (k<=1) k=4; else k = parseInt(k)-1;
        newsPanel='#npanel'+k;
        $('#newscontent').scrollTo(newsPanel,{
            duration: 1000
        });
        $("#newsnav div.newslink").css('background-position','0px 0px');
        $(newsPanel.replace(/npanel/,'nlink')).css('background-position','0px -20px');
    });
    $("#newsnext").hover(function(){
        $(this).css('background-position','-720px 25px');
    },function(){
        $(this).css('background-position','-310px 25px');
    }).click(function() {
        var k = newsPanel.replace(/#npanel/,'');
        if (k>=4) k=1; else k = parseInt(k)+parseInt(1);
        newsPanel='#npanel'+k;

        $('#newscontent').scrollTo(newsPanel,{
            duration: 1000
        });
        $("#newsnav div.newslink").css('background-position','0px 0px');
        $(newsPanel.replace(/npanel/,'nlink')).css('background-position','0px -20px');
    });
    /*
    $("#newsnav div.newslink").hover(function(){
        $(this).css('background-position','0px -20px');
    },function(){
        cnp = '#'+$(this).attr('id').replace(/nlink/,'npanel');
        if (cnp!=newsPanel) {
            $(this).css('background-position','0px 0px');
        }
    });
    */

     $("#newsnav div.newslink").click(function() {
        newsPanel='#'+$(this).attr('id').replace(/nlink/,'npanel');
        $('#newscontent').scrollTo(newsPanel,{
            duration: 1000
        });
        $("#newsnav div.newslink").css('background-position','0px 0px');
        $(this).css('background-position','0px -20px');
    });

    $('#newsnav div.newslink').hover(function() {
            tooltipStr = $(this).data('title');
            $('#pretooltip').text(tooltipStr);
            w = $('#pretooltip').outerWidth();
            l = Math.floor($(this).position().left-w/2+10);
            $('#newsnav').after('<div id="newstooltip">'+ tooltipStr +'</div>');
            $('#newstooltip').css('margin-left',l+'px').css('width',w);
            $('#pretooltip').text('');
        },function() {
            $('#newstooltip').remove();
        }
    );
        


}