$(document).ready(function(){

/*changes time format on latest news box  */

   $('div.latest_news_box div.rhs-item p.rhs-item-date span.pubDate').each(function(){
      var this_text = $(this).text();
      this_text = this_text.substring(4,this_text.length - 9) + " GMT";
      $(this).text(this_text);
   });

/* only displays 112 chars from news feed description */
   $('div.latest_news_box div.rhs-item div.rhs-item-intro').each(function(){
      var this_html = $(this).text();
      this_html = "<p>"+this_html.substring(0,146)+"</p>"
      $(this).html(this_html);
   });

/* moves ...more label to the end of descritpion */
   $('p.news_readmore').each(function(){
      var more = $(this).html();
      $(this).siblings('div.rhs-item-intro').children('p').append(more);
      $(this).remove();
   });


});