$(document).ready(function(){
			
				$container = $("#news_slider").before('<div id="slider_navigation_container">').cycle({
					speed: 'slow',
					pager: '#slider_navigation_container',
					
					pagerAnchorBuilder: function(idx, slider) {
						return '<a href="#">'+(idx + 1)+'</a>';					
					}
            }); 	
            
            $('.featured_news_item').hover(
             function () {
   				 $(this).addClass('hovernews');
  					}, 
  					function () {
   			 	$(this).removeClass('hovernews');
  					}
            );
            
					$('.featured_news_item').click(function () {
   					window.location = $(this).attr('title');
  					
  					});
});