	var newsOverlay = $("<div id='popup_overlay'></div>");

	var news = Array();
	var news_description  = Array();
	var news_id = Array();
	var news_mediaPath = Array();
	var news_splashImgPath = Array();
	
	var soVid = new SWFObject("flash/bat/video_player.swf?preventCache=" + new Date().valueOf(), "news_flash", "241", "208", "9", "#FFFFFF");
	soVid.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "always");
	soVid.addParam("wmode","opaque");
	soVid.addParam("scale", "noscale");
	
	handleNewsResponse = function(){
		newsInfo = arguments[0].documentElement;
		news_id_inf = $('news_id',newsInfo);
		news_inf = $('news',newsInfo);
		news_description_inf = $('description',newsInfo);
		news_mediaPath_inf = $('news_mediaPath',newsInfo);
		news_splashImg_inf = $('news_splashImg',newsInfo);
		for( i = 0; i < news_id_inf.length; i++){
			index = $(news_id_inf[i]).text();
			news[index] = $(news_inf[i]).text();
			news_description[index] = $(news_description_inf[i]).text();
			news_mediaPath[index] = $(news_mediaPath_inf[i]).text();
			news_splashImgPath[index] = $(news_splashImg_inf[i]).text();
		}
		// Adding clicks to News
		$('.news').click(searchNewsClick);
	}
	
	searchNewsClick = function(){
		classes = $(arguments[0].target).attr('class').split(' ');
		var id_news = -1;
		for( ind in classes ){
			if (classes[ind].indexOf('news_') != -1){
				id_news = classes[ind].split('_')[1]
			}
		}
		if (id_news == -1){
			return false;
		}
		var trackUrl = trackPath + pageName + "/" + id_news;
		pageTracker._trackPageview(trackUrl);
		$.get("files/news.html", function(){
			showPopupNews(news[id_news],news_description[id_news],arguments[0],news_mediaPath[id_news],news_splashImgPath[id_news]);
		});
	}

	showPopupNews = function(){
		$('#general_popup').html(arguments[2]);
		$('#pop_header span').html(arguments[0]);
		$('.description p').html(arguments[1]);
		soVid.addVariable("flvPath", arguments[3]);
		soVid.addVariable("splashImage", arguments[4]);
		soVid.write("flash_news");
		$('.close').click(function(){$('#general_popup').fadeOut(600);hideNewsOverlay();});		
		showNewsOverlay();
		locatePopup();
		$('#general_popup').fadeIn(600);
	}

	showNewsOverlay = function () {
		$("#main").append(newsOverlay.click(hidePopNews));
		$("#popup_overlay").width($(window).width());
		$("#popup_overlay").height($(window).height());
	}

	hidePopNews = function () {
		$("#general_popup").fadeOut(600);
		hideNewsOverlay();
	}

	hideNewsOverlay = function () {		
		$("#popup_overlay").remove();
		$("#general_popup").empty();
	}

	initNews = function () {
		$.ajax({
			url: "files/news.xml",
			success: handleNewsResponse,
			dataType: 'xml',
			error: function(){alert('Comunication error:' + arguments[1]);}
		});
	}

	$(initNews);