function getPopularNews(){
$.ajax({
url: '/en_US/xml/gen/popularnews.xml',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'xml',
error: function(){
//alert('Error loading document');
},
success: function(xmlResp){
onPopularResponse(xmlResp);
}
});
}
function onPopularResponse(xmlDoc) {
var entryNodes = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("article");
//alert(entryNodes.length);
var headline = "";
var link = "";
var popularHTML = "";
if (entryNodes.length > 0) {
if (level == "home"){var tableWidth = "355"; var tableHeight="192"; var paddingVar = "0"; var spacingVar = "5";}
if (level == "sub") {var tableWidth = "170"; var tableHeight="170"; var paddingVar = "4"; var spacingVar = "0";}
popularHTML+='<div style="float:left; width:'+tableWidth+'px; height:'+tableHeight+'px;"><table width="'+tableWidth+'" cellpadding="'+paddingVar+'" cellspacing="'+spacingVar+'" border="0">'; 
//add new entries
for (i=0;i<entryNodes.length;i++) {
entryData = entryNodes.item(i).childNodes;
entryCell = "";
headline = "";
link = "";
for (var j=0; j<entryData.length; j++){
switch(entryData.item(j).nodeName){
case "headline": headline = entryData.item(j).hasChildNodes() ? entryData.item(j).firstChild.nodeValue : ""; break;
case "link": link = entryData.item(j).hasChildNodes() ? entryData.item(j).firstChild.nodeValue : ""; break;
default:break;
}
} 
if (link != ""){
if (level == "home") {
entryCell += '<tr><td height="20" class="paleYellowText" align="left"><a href="' + link + '" class="paleYellowBlack">' + headline + '</a></td></tr>';
} else if (level == "sub") {
entryCell += '<tr><td class="paleYellowText" align="left"><a href="' + link + '" class="paleYellowBlack">' + headline + '</a></td></tr>';
}
}
else{
if (level == "home") {
entryCell += '<tr><td height="20" class="paleYellowText" align="left">' + headline + '</td></tr>';
} else if (level == "sub") {
entryCell += '<tr><td class="paleYellowText" align="left">' + headline + '</td></tr>';
}
}
//logTable.rows[i].cells[0].innerHTML = entryCell;
popularHTML+=entryCell;
}
popularHTML+='</table></div>';
if(level == "home") {
popularHTML+='<div style="float:left; width:355px; height:15px;"><a href="/en_US/news/index.html"><img class="rollover" style="float:right;" src="/images/misc/mas_ms_00000bb_off.gif" width="46" height="15" border="0" alt="More"></a></div>';
}
document.getElementById('pns').innerHTML = popularHTML; 
} 
} 
getPopularNews();