jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
	settings = jQuery.extend({
	travelocity: 0.07
	}, settings);		
	return this.each(function(){
    
		var $strip = jQuery(this);
        // this comes from ul.newsticker li styles in dp.css
        // ul.newsticker li padding + ul.newsticker li span padding
        var cssWidth = 80;
		$strip.addClass("newsticker")
		var stripWidth = 0;
		var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
		var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>");								
		var containerWidth = $strip.parent().parent().width();	//a.k.a. 'mask' width 	
		$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
       	stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).width();
        stripWidth += cssWidth;
		});
        $strip.width(stripWidth + cssWidth);	
		var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
		var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth;								
		function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
		$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", containerWidth); scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);});
		}
		scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);				
		$strip.hover(function(){
		jQuery(this).stop();
		},
		function(){
		var offset = jQuery(this).offset();
		var residualSpace = offset.left + stripWidth;
		var residualTime = residualSpace/settings.travelocity;
		scrollnews(residualSpace, residualTime);
		});
		//document.getElementById("cnnTickerTitle").className = "cnnFixTitle"; //Fix ticker title shift
	});	
};