// JavaScript Document
   var http_request = false;
   var maxHeadlines = 4;
   function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }

  function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {

            var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;

// get a reference to the root-element "rss"
var root = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('rss')[0];
// get reference to "channel" element
var channels = root.getElementsByTagName("channel");
// now get all "item" tags in the channel
var items = channels[0].getElementsByTagName("item");
var Hcontent="";
//Use Max Headlines as your first limitter and the total number of items
//to make sure you do not try undefined references.
for (var i = 0; i < maxHeadlines && i < items.length ; i++ ){
        var title = items[i].getElementsByTagName("title");
        var mylink = items[i].getElementsByTagName("link");

        Hcontent += "<p><a href=\"" + mylink[0].firstChild.nodeValue + "\">";
        Hcontent += title[0].firstChild.nodeValue + "</a></p>\n";
        }
        document.getElementById("newsroomHeadlines").innerHTML= Hcontent;
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
 makeRequest('/news/newsroom.rss', '');