function showEvents() {
	var events = new Array();

		events[0] = new Array();
	events[0]["date"] = "9/11";
	events[0]["url"] = "http://halfstaff.us/details/2797/";
	events[0]["title"] = "Patriot Day";
	events[0]["subtitle"] = "";
	events[0]["locale"] = "USA";
	events[1] = new Array();
	events[1]["date"] = "9/3";
	events[1]["url"] = "http://halfstaff.us/details/2795/";
	events[1]["title"] = "Trooper Kenneth Hall";
	events[1]["subtitle"] = "";
	events[1]["locale"] = "CT";
	events[2] = new Array();
	events[2]["date"] = "9/2";
	events[2]["url"] = "http://halfstaff.us/details/2794/";
	events[2]["title"] = "Sergeant Ronald A. Rodriguez";
	events[2]["subtitle"] = "";
	events[2]["locale"] = "VA";
	events[3] = new Array();
	events[3]["date"] = "9/1";
	events[3]["url"] = "http://halfstaff.us/details/2796/";
	events[3]["title"] = "Spc. Andrew J. Castro";
	events[3]["subtitle"] = "";
	events[3]["locale"] = "CA";
	events[4] = new Array();
	events[4]["date"] = "8/31";
	events[4]["url"] = "http://halfstaff.us/details/2793/";
	events[4]["title"] = "Sergeant Jason D. Calo";
	events[4]["subtitle"] = "";
	events[4]["locale"] = "MI";
	var html = "";

	for( var i=0; i<events.length; i++) {
		html += '<p>';
		html += events[i]["date"] + '<br />';
		html += '<b>' + events[i]["locale"] + ' &ndash; <a href="' + events[i]["url"] + '">' + events[i]["title"] + '</b></a>';
		// html += ( events[i]["subtitle"] != '' ? '<br /><i>' + events[i]["subtitle"] + '</i>' : '' );
		html += '</p>';
	}

	html += '<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://halfstaff.us/" style="font-size: 80%;">More at HalfStaff.us &raquo;</a></p>' + "\n\n";

	document.getElementById("halfstaff509653").innerHTML = html;
}

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//function $(element_id) {
//        var thisElement = document.getElementById(element_id);
//        if(thisElement)
//                return thisElement;
//}