var newsitems;
var curritem=0;
var iPause=0;

$(document).ready(function(){
    var tickerSelector = "ul#newsticker li";
    newsitems = $(tickerSelector).hide().hover(
        function(){
            $(this).addClass("hovered");
            iPause=1;
        },
        function(){
            $(this).removeClass("hovered");
            iPause=0;
        }
    ).filter(":eq(0)").show().add(tickerSelector).size();
    setInterval(ticknews,8000); //time in milliseconds
});   

function ticknews() {
  if (iPause==0){
    $("#newsticker li:eq("+curritem+")").fadeOut("slow",function(){$(this).hide();});
    curritem = ++curritem%newsitems;
    $("#newsticker li:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn("slow");
  }

}

var caseitems;
var curritem2=0;
var iPause2=0;

$(document).ready(function(){
    var tickerSelector2 = "ul#caseticker li";
    caseitems = $(tickerSelector2).hide().hover(
        function(){
            $(this).addClass("hovered");
            iPause2=1;
        },
        function(){
            $(this).removeClass("hovered");
            iPause2=0;
        }
    ).filter(":eq(0)").show().add(tickerSelector2).size();
    setInterval(ticknews2,8000); //time in milliseconds
});   

function ticknews2() {
  if (iPause2==0){
    $("#caseticker li:eq("+curritem2+")").fadeOut("slow",function(){$(this).hide();});
    curritem2 = ++curritem2%caseitems;
    $("#caseticker li:eq("+curritem2+")").fadeIn("slow");
    }
}