function displayError(response)
{
        alert("Error: "+response.status+" : "+response.statusText);
}

function displayNews(response)
{
        var code = response.responseText;

        var startTag = "<!--Begin homepage news-->";
        var endTag = "<!--End homepage news-->";

        var startPos = code.indexOf(startTag) + startTag.length;
        var endPos = code.indexOf(endTag);

        var newsLength = endPos - startPos;

        var news = code.substr(startPos,newsLength);

        $('NewsArea').innerHTML = news;

}

function getNews()
{
        new Ajax.Request("/About/News/news-main.htm",{method:'get',asynchronous:true,onSuccess:displayNews,onFailure:displayError,onException:displayError});
}