$(document).ready(function() {

    var test = returnObjById('newsTabs');
    var test2 = test.getElementsByTagName('dd');
    var number = 1;
    for (var i = 0; i < test2.length; i++) {
        test2[i].setAttribute("id", "" + number);
        number++;
    }

    var tabContainers = $('dl#newsTabs > dd');
    tabContainers.hide().filter(':first').show();
    tabContainers.filter(':first').href;

    $('#newsTabControl ul a').hover(function() {
        tabContainers.hide();
        tabContainers.filter(this.hash).fadeIn(500);
        $('#newsTabControl ul a').removeClass('selected');
        $(this).addClass('selected');
        return false;
    }).filter(':first').hover();
});

function returnObjById(id) {
    if (document.getElementById)
        var returnVar = document.getElementById(id);
    else if (document.all)
        var returnVar = document.all[id];
    else if (document.layers)
        var returnVar = document.layers[id];
    return returnVar;
}