function clearDefault(el) {
if (el.defaultValue==el.value) el.value = ""
}

var loadedobjects=""
var rootdomain="http://"+window.location.hostname

var openNews=new Array(10)

var i=0
for(i; i<11; i++)
{
    openNews[i]=0
}

function clearPage(url, containerid)
{

    var page_request = false
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
        page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
    else if (window.ActiveXObject)
    { // if IE
        try
        {
            page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
        }
        catch (e)
        {
            try
            {
                page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
            }
            catch (e)
            {
            }
        }
    }
    else
        return false


    page_request.onreadystatechange=function()
    {
        loadpage(page_request, containerid)
    }

    page_request.open('GET', url, true)
    page_request.send(null)

}

function ajaxpage(url, containerid, id, ulID)
{

    if(openNews[id]==0)
    {
      var page_request = false
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
          page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
      else if (window.ActiveXObject)
      { // if IE
          try
          {
              page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
          }
          catch (e)
          {
              try
              {
                  page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
              }
              catch (e)
              {
              }
          }
      }
      else
          return false


      page_request.onreadystatechange=function()
      {
          loadpage(page_request, containerid)
      }

      page_request.open('GET', url, true)
      page_request.send(null)

      openNews[id]=1

    }
    else
    {
     clearPage("stories/blank.html",containerid)
     makePlus(ulID);
     openNews[id]=0;
    }

}


function loadpage(page_request, containerid)
{
if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
    document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
}


function changeList(containerid, check)
{
    if(check==0)
        document.getElementById(containerid).style.listStyleImage="url('images/minus.jpg')"
    if(check==1)
        makePlus(containerid);
}

function makePlus(containerid)
{
    document.getElementById(containerid).style.listStyleImage="url('images/plus.jpg')"
}