javascript need help asap

<html>


<body onload="scrollNews('news', 0);">


<h1>This is the latest news</h1>

hi




<style type="text/css">
#news {

position: absolute;
visibility: visible;
z-index: 10;
top: 45px;
left: 650px;
height: 75px;
width: 250px;
clip: rect(0px, 100px, 60px, 0px);
border-width: 0px;
padding-top: 40px;

}
</style>


<script language="JavaScript">

function getObject( obj ) {

var strObj

if ( document.all ) {

strObj = document.all.item( obj );

} else if ( document.getElementById ) {

strObj = document.getElementById( obj );

}

return strObj;

}

var theTop = 20;

var theHeight = 100;

var theWidth = 150;

var theLeft = 650;

var toClip = 55;


function scrollNews( newsDiv, toMove ) {

theDiv = getObject( newsDiv.toString() );

if ( theDiv == null ) { return; }

if ( document.layers ) {

theDiv.clip.top = toMove;

theDiv.clip.bottom = toMove + toClip;

theDiv.top = theTop - toMove;

} else {

theDiv = theDiv.style;

theDiv.clip = "rect(" + toMove + "px " + (theWidth + theLeft) + "px " + (toMove + toClip) + "px 0px)";

theDiv.top = theTop - toMove + 'px';

}

if ( ( theTop + theHeight - toMove ) < ( theTop - theHeight - 20 ) ) {

toMove = 0;

if ( document.layers ) {

theDiv.clip.top = theTop;

theDiv.clip.bottom = toClip;

theDiv.top = theTop

} else {

theDiv.clip = "rect(" + toMove + "px " + (theWidth + theLeft) + "px " + (toMove + toClip) + "px 0px)";

theDiv.top = theTop + 'px';

}

}

toMove = (toMove + 1);

setTimeout("scrollNews('" + newsDiv + "'," + toMove + ")", 100);

}

</script>

</html>