jQuery.noConflict();

jQuery('#newsticker').ready(function() {
    var speed = 700,
        timeo = 4000;
    jQuery('#newsticker li').hide();
    jQuery('#newsticker li:nth-child(1)').fadeIn(speed);
    setTimeout('newstick(2, '+speed+', '+timeo+')', timeo);
});

var newstick = function (i, speed, timeo) {
    var items = jQuery('#newsticker li').length,
        j;
    j = (i % items) + 1;

    jQuery('#newsticker li:visible').fadeOut(speed, function() {
        jQuery('#newsticker li:nth-child('+i+')').fadeIn(speed);
    });
    setTimeout('newstick('+j+', '+speed+', '+timeo+')', timeo);
};