var pollName='why-is-bush-expanding-the-space-program'

// if this is the poll page, set the cookie
if (location.href.indexOf("poll.html") > 0) 
{
  SetCookie("poll", pollName)
}

if (GetCookie("poll") != pollName && GetCookie("poll") != "")
{
  document.all["poll"].innerHTML = "<B>Poll (NEW)</b>"
};

function getCookieVal (offset) 
{  
  var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);  
  if (endstr == -1)    
    endstr = document.cookie.length;  
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function GetCookie (name) 
{  
  var arg = name + "=";  
  var alen = arg.length;  
  var clen = document.cookie.length;  
  var i = 0;  
  while (i < clen) 
  {    
    var j = i + alen;    
    if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)      
      return getCookieVal (j);    
    i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;    
    if (i == 0) break;   
  }  
  return null;
}

function SetCookie (name, value) 
{  
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + 
    "; expires=Sun, 7 Dec 2010 00:01:01 UTC" ;
}