(function() {
        var renderBreakingNews = function(object) {
        
        if( typeof(object.id) == "undefined" ||
            typeof(object.content) == "undefined" || object.content == "" )
            return "<!-- No breaking news -->";
            
        // Check cookie to ensure that Banner has been updated since user last closed it
        var bannerLastClosed = Cookies.getCookie("bannerLastClosed");
        var currentBannerTimestamp = object.id;
        if( parseInt(bannerLastClosed, 10) >= parseInt(currentBannerTimestamp, 10) ) 
            return "<!-- Breaking news banner not updated since " + currentBannerTimestamp + " -->";
        
        var cdn_prefix = "http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn";
        
        var myHtml = '<div class="cnn_maincntnr"><div class="cnn_contentarea">' +
            '<div class="cnn_sdbx"><div class="cnn_sdbx1"><div class="cnn_sdbx2"><div class="cnn_sdbx3">' +
            '<div class="cnn_sdbx4"><div class="cnn_sdbx5"><div class="cnn_sdbxcntnt">' +
            '<div id="cnn_bnbcntr"><div id="cnn_bnblft">' +
            '<img border="0" height="70" width="120" src="' + cdn_prefix + '/.element/img/3.0/main/breaking-120x70.png"></div>' +
            '<div id="cnn_bnbrgt0">';
            
        myHtml += '</div><div id="cnn_bnbrgt1"><div>' + object.content + '&nbsp;';
        if( typeof(object.linkTitle) != "undefined" )
        {
            myHtml += '<a id="cnn_bnbrgt3" style="opacity: 1; filter: alpha(opacity = 100);" href="' + object.linkURL + '">' + object.linkTitle + '</a>';
        }
        myHtml += '</div></div>';
        myHtml += '<div id="cnn_bnbrgt2" style="opacity: 1; filter: alpha(opacity = 100);">';
        myHtml += '<a href="javascript:ir_clsbnbnnr(' + object.id + ');"><div id="cnn_bnbrgt4"></div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>';
        
        return myHtml;
    };
    
    usHeader.setBreakingNews(renderBreakingNews({}));
    intlHeader.setBreakingNews(renderBreakingNews({}));
    
        var irMessageDiv = $("ir-message");
        if (typeof(irMessageDiv) != 'undefined' && irMessageDiv != null) { 
            $("ir-message").show(); //[IREPORT-1796] 
        }

})();