// these first two functions are using fixed parameters for the names
// and number of columns, these can be used for a layout where 
function getLongestNewsColumn_1() {
	colLengthNewsColumn = new Array(2);
	colLengthNewsColumn[0] = document.getElementById("columnOne").offsetHeight;
	colLengthNewsColumn[1] = document.getElementById("columnTwo").offsetHeight;
	colLengthNewsColumn.sort(sortNumericNewsColumn);
	colLengthNewsColumn.reverse();
	return colLengthNewsColumn[0];
}
function setLongestNewsColumn() {
	divLenNewsColumn = getLongestNewsColumn_1();
	document.getElementById("columnOne").style.height = divLenNewsColumn+"px";
	document.getElementById("columnTwo").style.height = divLenNewsColumn+"px";
}
function sortNumericNewsColumn(c,d)
{
return c - d
}