var carouselTotal = 4;
        var carouselTimer = 4000;
        
        function showHideTopStories(num)
        { 
            scrollCarousel = false;
            for (var i = 0;i<carouselTotal;i++)
            {
                if (i==num)
                {
                    document.getElementById("carouselitem_" + i).className = "homepage-carousel-leftside-on";
                    document.getElementById("carousellist_" + i).className = "homepage-carousel-rightside-on";
                    
                }
                else
                {
                    document.getElementById("carouselitem_" + i).className = "homepage-carousel-leftside-off";
                    document.getElementById("carousellist_" + i).className = "homepage-carousel-rightside-off";
                }
            }
        }