var update = function(newsArray) {
	li_prototype = $$('#subcontainer ul li')[0];
	root = $$('#subcontainer ul')[0];
	newsArray.each(function(news) {
		li = li_prototype.clone();
		li.getFirst('div').set('text', news.headline);
		li.getFirst('span').set('text', news.newsline);
		root.adopt(li);
		li.removeProperty('style');
	});
}

window.addEvent('domready', function() {

var request = new Request.JSON({
			url: 'news.json',
			evalResponse: true,
			urlEncoded: false,
			headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8' },
			onComplete: function(jsonObj) {
				update(jsonObj.news);
			}
		}).send();

});