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.css( "display", "block" );
               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()-li.length *187) <= ul.width() ) {
               //  alert(li.length *50);
               $next.css( "display", "block" );
               ul.animate({
                  left: offsetRight
               }, settings.speed, function() {
                  if ( parseInt( ul.css( "left" ) ) == 0 ) {
                  }
                  animating = false;
               });
            } else {
               animating = false;
            }
         }
         return false;
      });
      $next.css( "display", "block" )
      jQuery( ".view_all > a, .skip_to_news > a", $this ).click(function() {
         var skip_to_news = ( jQuery( this ).html() == "Skip to News" );
         if ( jQuery( this ).html() == "view all" || skip_to_news ) {
            ul.css( "width", "auto" ).css( "left", "0" );
            if ( !skip_to_news ) {
               jQuery( this ).html( "view less" );
            }
         } else {
            if ( !skip_to_news ) {
               jQuery( this ).html( "view all" );
            }
            ul.css( "width", ( li.length * liWidth ) );
            $next.css( "display", "block" );
         }
         return false;
      });
   }
};