function showtab(tab)
{
  var tabContents = new Array (document.getElementById("localNews"),document.getElementById("regionalNews"),document.getElementById("nationalNews"),document.getElementById("worldNews"));
  for (var i = 0; i < tabContents.length; i++)
    tabContents[i].style.display = 'none';

  var tabTabs = new Array (document.getElementById("localNewstab"),document.getElementById("regionalNewstab"),document.getElementById("nationalNewstab"),document.getElementById("worldNewstab"));
  for (var i = 0; i < tabTabs.length; i++)
  {
    tabTabs[i].style.backgroundImage = "url(assets/images/alt_background1.jpg)";
    tabTabs[i].style.border = "1px solid #01154d";
  }
  
  var myTabContent = document.getElementById(tab);
  var myTab = document.getElementById(tab+'tab');
   
  myTabContent.style.display = 'block';
  myTab.style.backgroundImage = "url(assets/images/alt_background2.jpg)";
  myTab.style.border = "1px solid #921803";
  
  document.cookie = "CummingToGeorgiaNewsSelectedTab=" + tab + "; max-age=" + (60*60*24*365);
}

function getCookie(NameOfCookie)
{
    if (document.cookie.length > 0) 
{ 
    begin = document.cookie.indexOf(NameOfCookie+"="); 
    if (begin != -1)
   { 
    begin += NameOfCookie.length+1; 
      end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
      if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
      return unescape(document.cookie.substring(begin, end));       
      } 
  }
return null;  
}


window.onload = function()
{
  if (getCookie("CummingToGeorgiaNewsSelectedTab")) showtab(getCookie("CummingToGeorgiaNewsSelectedTab"));
  
}