var nStories = 4;

    if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 3")>0) {
	document.write("<Iframe name='msnbcfm' height=400 width=300 frameborder=0 src='http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/aff.asp?sect=NEWS&num="+nStories+"&fmt=notable2'></iframe></TD></TR></TABLE>");

     }
  else

   {WriteHeads(MSNBCstories,document);}

   function WriteHeads(MSNBCstories,doc) {
		 var sTmp;
   	sTmp = "<TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>";
		if(nStories>MSNBCstories.length) {nStories = MSNBCstories.length;}
   	for (stories = 0; stories < nStories; stories++)	{
   		sTmp += "<TR><TD><font face=Verdana, sans-serif size=2><B><a href='";
      sTmp += MSNBCstories[stories][0];
   		sTmp += "' target='_top'>";
   		sTmp += MSNBCstories[stories][1];
   		sTmp += "</a></B></font><BR><font face=Verdana, sans-serif size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
   		sTmp += MSNBCstories[stories][2];
   		sTmp += "</TD></TR>";
   	}
   	sTmp += "<TR><TD HEIGHT=20></TD></TR></TABLE>";
		doc.write(sTmp);
	}
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 3")>0) {
       }
      else
	WriteMore(MSNBCstories,document);

	function WriteMore(MSNBCstories,doc) {
		var sTmp = "";
		if(nStories!=MSNBCstories.length) {
			sTmp = "<FORM NAME='news choices'><font face=Verdana, sans-serif size=2><b>Select for more news</font></b><BR>";
			sTmp += "<SELECT NAME='choosenews' LANGUAGE=javascript ONCHANGE=window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value,'_top');>";

			sTmp += "<OPTION SELECTED> More News";
			for (stories = nStories; stories < MSNBCstories.length; stories++)	{

				sTmp += "<OPTION value='";
				sTmp += MSNBCstories[stories][0];
				sTmp += "'>";
				sTmp += MSNBCstories[stories][1];
			}
			doc.write(sTmp + "</SELECT></form>");
		}


}