<div class="news-ticker" data-speed="5000">
<ul>
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</ul>

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</div>

body {
margin: 0;
}

.news-ticker,
.news-ticker li {
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box;
}

.news-ticker ul {
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}

.news-ticker {
height: 50px;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: #212121;
color: #fff;
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}

.news-ticker li {
text-align: center;
top: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
-moz-transform: translateY(-50%);
-o-transform: translateY(-50%);
transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.close-ticker {
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
cursor: pointer;
}

jQuery(document).ready(function($){

  var tickerSpeed = $('.news-ticker').attr('data-speed');

  $('.news-ticker ul li').hide();
  $('.news-ticker ul li:first').show();

  var currentSlide = 0;
  var slideCount = ($('.news-ticker li').length) - 1;

  var startTicker = setInterval(function(){

  $('.news-ticker ul li').eq(currentSlide).fadeOut(500)

  if (currentSlide < slideCount) {
    currentSlide += 1;
  } else {
    currentSlide = 0;
  }

  $('.news-ticker ul li').eq(currentSlide).fadeIn(500)

  }, tickerSpeed);

  $('.close-ticker').on('click', function(){
    clearInterval(startTicker);
    $('.news-ticker').fadeOut(500, function(){
      $(this).remove();
    });
  });

});