function createRequestObject(){
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    } else {
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
 }
 var http = createRequestObject();
 function updateFeed(loadPage) {
     http.open('get','/inc/cache/front/html/recent_updates_'+loadPage+'.html');
	 http.onreadystatechange = function(){handleResponse(loadPage);};
     http.send(null);
 }
 function handleResponse(loadPage)
 {
     if(http.readyState == 1)
	 {
         document.getElementById('feedList').innerHTML = 
		 "<img src='http://cdn.news-gazette.com/img/illinihq/ajax-loader.gif' alt='Loading Icon' /> Loading...";
     }
     if(http.readyState == 4)
	 {
         setCookie('pageCookie', loadPage, 15);
	     var response = http.responseText;
         document.getElementById('feedList').innerHTML = response;
     }
 }
 function getCookie(cookieName)
 {
     if (document.cookie.length > 0) 
	 {
         cookieStart = document.cookie.indexOf(cookieName + "=");
         if (cookieStart != -1)
         { 
             cookieStart = cookieStart + cookieName.length + 1; 
             cookieEnd = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookieStart);
             if (cookieEnd == -1) cookieEnd = document.cookie.length;
             return unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookieStart, cookieEnd));
         } 
     }
     return "";
 }
 function setCookie(cookieName,value,expireMinutes)
 {
     var today = new Date();
     today.setTime(today.getTime());
     var expireDate = new Date(today.getTime() + (expireMinutes * 1000 * 60));
     document.cookie=cookieName+ "=" + escape(value) +
     ((expireMinutes == null) ? "" : ";expires="+expireDate.toGMTString());
 }
 function checkCookie()
 {
     pageCookie = getCookie('pageCookie');
     if (pageCookie != null && pageCookie != "" && pageCookie != 1)
     {
         updateFeed(pageCookie);
     }
 }