function bgHomePageNews() {
	if(!document.getElementById) return false;
	if(!document.getElementById("homepageNews")) return false;
	// set backgrounds Array
	var backgrounds = Array("homepageNews_image1", "homepageNews_image2", "homepageNews_image3", "homepageNews_image4", "homepageNews_image5", "homepageNews_image6", "homepageNews_image7", "homepageNews_image8", "homepageNews_image9");
	// get the required elements
	var homePageNews = document.getElementById("homepageNews");
	// decide which background
	var whichBG = Math.round(Math.random() * (backgrounds.length - 1));
	//alert(whichBG);
	homePageNews.className = backgrounds[whichBG];
}

addLoadEvent(bgHomePageNews);