function formatPubDate(pubDate){
	pubDate = new Date(pubDate);
	d = pubDate.getDate();
	y = pubDate.getYear();
	m = pubDate.getMonth() + 1;
	y = y+''
	y = y.substring(2,4)
	pubDateStr = "(" + m + "/" + d + ")";
	return pubDateStr;
}



function emitContent(tabID,linkTarget){

	//creates container UL
	//var ulCont = document.createElement('ul');
	var x = getDomXML.getElementsByTagName("item").length;

	//checks to see if there's less than 8 items in the list
	if(x!=0){
	for(i=2;i < 3; i++){

		if(getDomXML.getElementsByTagName("link")[i].hasChildNodes()){


			var linkHref = getDomXML.getElementsByTagName("link")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue
			//offsets for pubDate
			pI = i-1;
			
			var spanCont = document.createElement('span');

			var spanDesc = getDomXML.getElementsByTagName("description")[pI].childNodes[0].nodeValue
			//spanDesc = document.createTextNode(spanDesc);
			
			if(spanDesc.length > 67 -1){
				moreLink = document.createTextNode('...')
			}else{
				moreLink = document.createTextNode('')
			}
			
			spanDesc = document.createTextNode(spanDesc.substring(0,67));
				
			var aLink = document.createElement('a');
			aLink.setAttribute('href', linkHref);
			if(linkTarget=="new"){
				aLink.setAttribute('target', linkTarget);
			}
			
			
			var getHeadline = getDomXML.getElementsByTagName("title")[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue
			getHeadline = document.createTextNode(getHeadline);

	
			
			aLink.appendChild(getHeadline);
			spanCont.appendChild(aLink);
			//spanCont.appendChild(spanDesc);
			//spanCont.appendChild(moreLink);
						
			document.getElementById(tabID).appendChild(spanCont);

		}
		}
	}
}