function verifyNews() {

	var form1=document.getElementById('form');
	
	if (form1.story_date.value=="" || form1.story_date.value==" ") {
		alert("Please enter a valid date.");
		form1.story_date.focus();
			return false;
		}

if (form1.headline.value=="" || form1.headline.value==" ") {
		alert("Please enter a headline.");
		form1.headline.focus();
			return false;
		}
	
	return true;
}
/*
function validateSignupEmail(){
	validRegExp = /^\w+((-\w+)|(\.\w+))*\@[A-Za-z0-9]+((\.|-)[A-Za-z0-9]+)*\.[A-Za-z0-9]+$/;
	strEmail = signup.email.value;

	if (strEmail.search(validRegExp) == -1) {
		alert("A valid Email Address is required.\r\Please check you have entered yours correctly.");
		signup.email.focus();
		return false;
		} 
}
*/