jQuery.fn.accessNews = function( settings ) {

settings = jQuery.extend({

headline : "Top Stories",

speed : "normal",

slideBy : 2

}, settings);

return this.each(function() {

jQuery.fn.accessNews.run( jQuery( this ), settings );

});

};



jQuery.fn.accessNews.run = function( $this, settings ) {

jQuery( ".javascript_css", $this ).css( "display", "none" );

var ul = jQuery( "ul:eq(0)", $this );

var li = ul.children();

if ( li.length > settings.slideBy ) {

var $next = jQuery( ".next > a", $this );

var $back = jQuery( ".back > a", $this );

var liWidth = jQuery( li[0] ).width();

var animating = false;

ul.css( "width", ( li.length * liWidth ) );

$next.click(function() {

if ( !animating ) {

animating = true;

offsetLeft = parseInt( ul.css( "left" ) ) - ( liWidth * settings.slideBy );

if ( offsetLeft + ul.width() > 0 ) {

$back.show();

ul.animate({

left: offsetLeft

}, settings.speed, function() {

if ( parseInt( ul.css( "left" ) ) + ul.width() <= liWidth * settings.slideBy ) {

}

animating = false;

});

} else {

animating = false;

}

}

return false;

});

$back.click(function() {

if ( !animating ) {

animating = true;

offsetRight = parseInt( ul.css( "left" ) ) + ( liWidth * settings.slideBy );

if ( offsetRight + ul.width() <= ul.width() ) {

$next.show();

ul.animate({

left: offsetRight

}, settings.speed, function() {

if ( parseInt( ul.css( "left" ) ) == 0 ) {



}

animating = false;

});

} else {

animating = false;

}

}

return false;

});



$next.show();

jQuery(".description").hide();

jQuery('#list').after( [ "<div class=\"view_all\"><span class=\"count\">", settings.headline, " - ", li.length, " total</span></div>" ].join( "" ) );

jQuery( ".back").appendTo('.view_all');

jQuery( ".next").appendTo('.view_all');

var date = jQuery('<div></div>');

var firstimg = jQuery( "ul li:eq(0) img", $this );

date.appendTo("#container").html("<h1 class='date'>Expert Sports Picks - Previews - Betting Articles</h1>");

img = jQuery('<img></img>')

img.appendTo("#container");

img.attr('src', firstimg.attr('src'));

para = jQuery('<div></div>');

para.appendTo("#container");

var firstli = jQuery( "#newsslider ul li:eq(0)");

para.html("<h1>" +  jQuery('a.title', firstli ).text() + "</h1>" + "<p id='paraText'>" + jQuery('p.description', firstli).html() + "</p>");

firstli.addClass('selected');

li.hover(

function () {

li.removeClass('selected')

var current = jQuery(this);

current.addClass('selected');

img.attr('src', current.find('img').attr('src'));

para.html("<h1>" +  jQuery('.title', current).text() + "</h1>" + "<p id='paraText'>" + jQuery('.description', current).html() + "</p>");

},

function () {

current.parent().css('backgroundColor', 'transparent');

}

);

}

};