// load global_article array with articles from cluster
  if (article != null)
    {
    for (var article_counter = 0; article_counter < Math.min(10,article.length); article_counter++)
      {
      global_article[global_article_counter] = article[article_counter]
      global_article_counter++
      }
    }
  else
    {
    if (early_exit == 0)
      {
      document.writeln("<center>Please reload this page to view the headlines</center>")
      early_exit = 1
      }
    }