var headline_count;
  var headline_interval;
  var old_headline = 0;
  var current_headline = 0;

  $(document).ready(function() {
    headline_count = $("div.headline").size();
    $("div.headline:eq("+current_headline+")").css('top', '5px');

    headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate,10000);
    
  /* hover effect
    $('#scrollup').hover(function() {
      clearInterval(headline_interval);
    }, function() {
      headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate,10000);
      headline_rotate();
    });
  */
  
  });

  function headline_rotate() {
    current_headline = (old_headline + 1) % headline_count;
    $("div.headline:eq(" + old_headline + ")")
      .animate({top: -205},"slow", function() {
        $(this).css('top', '210px');
      });

    $("div.headline:eq(" + current_headline + ")")
      .animate({top: 5},"slow");
    old_headline = current_headline;
  }