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menuItem["notices"] = {section:"notices",id:"nav_notices",link:"#"};
menuItem["classifieds"] = {section:"classifieds",id:"nav_classifieds",link:"#"};
menuItem["home"] = {section:"home",id:"nav_home",link:"#"};



if(document.all && !document.getElementById) {
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function unlight() {

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document.images.tab_news.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_sports.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_entertainment.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_features.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_opinion.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_blogs.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_notices.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";
document.images.tab_classifieds.src="http://www.nctimes.com/art/spacer.gif";

var ding = document.getElementById('submenu');
ding.innerHTML = '';

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function dingo(whichimage) {
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thing = "submenuthing_" + whichimage;
otherthing = "tab_" + whichimage;
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document.images[otherthing].src=litup;
var ding = document.getElementById('submenu');
ding.innerHTML = eval(thing);
}