  // load global_article array with articles from category
  if (article != null)
    {
    early_exit = 0;
    for (var article_counter = 0; article_counter < article.length; article_counter++)
      {
      global_article[global_article_counter] = article[article_counter];
      
      global_article[global_article_counter].url += "' target='_blank";
      global_article[global_article_counter].document_url += "' target=_blank";
      global_article_counter++;
      }
    }
  if (global_article.length == 0)
      {
      if (early_exit)
        {
        document.writeln("<center>Please reload this page to view the headlines</center>");
        }
      else
        {
        document.writeln("<center>Sorry, no articles matched your search criteria</center>");
        early_exit = 1;
        }
      }