function getHTTPObject() {
  	var xmlhttp;

	/*@cc_on
	@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
		try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
		catch (e) {
			try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
			catch (E) { xmlhttp = false; }
		}
		@else xmlhttp = false;
  	@end @*/

	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
		try { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
		catch (e) { xmlhttp = false; }
		}

	return xmlhttp;
	}

function handleNewsResponse() {
	var results = newsData.responseXML;

	currentNewsText = '';
	
	var allCurrentEvents = results.getElementsByTagName("item");

	for (var i=0;i<3;i++) {
		var currentNews = allCurrentEvents[i];

		var newsElement = currentNews.getElementsByTagName("title").item(0);
		var newsTitle = newsElement.firstChild.nodeValue;
		newsTitle=newsTitle.replace(/&amp;/g, "&")
		var newsElement = currentNews.getElementsByTagName("link").item(0);
		var newsLink = newsElement.firstChild.nodeValue;
		var newsElement = currentNews.getElementsByTagName("description").item(0);
		var newsDesc = newsElement.firstChild.nodeValue;		
		newsDesc=newsDesc.replace(/&amp;/g, "&")
		var newsElement = currentNews.getElementsByTagName("pubDate").item(0);
		var newsDate = newsElement.firstChild.nodeValue;
		var sepDate=newsDate.split(" ");
		newsDate = sepDate[0]+' '+sepDate[1]+' '+sepDate[2]+' '+sepDate[3]+' ';

		currentNewsText += '&#8226;&nbsp;<a href="'+newsLink+'" class="newsTitle"><b>'+newsTitle+'</a><br /><br />';
		}	
	currentNewsText = '<ul>'+currentNewsText+'</ul>';
	document.getElementById('currentNews').innerHTML = currentNewsText;
	}
	
function showCurrentNews() {
	var theUrl = 'http://www.theuppercrustpizzeria.com/news/news.php?displayType=rss';
	newsData.open("GET",theUrl,true);
	newsData.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if (newsData.readyState == 4) {
			if (newsData.status == 200) { handleNewsResponse(); }
        		}
		}
	newsData.send();
	}


	
var newsData = getHTTPObject();
document.write('<div id="currentNews">Loading...</div>');
showCurrentNews();