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HTML

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<table>
    <tr id="news_1" class="row1">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_2" class="row2">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_3" class="row1">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_4" class="row2">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_5" class="row1">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_6" class="row2">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_7" class="row1">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="news_8" class="row2">
        <td>blah</td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS

.odd {
    background: yellow;
}

JavaScript

$('tr:odd').addClass('odd');

$('td').click(function() {
    $(this).parent().fadeOut(function() {
        $(this).siblings('tr:visible').filter(':even').removeClass('odd')
            .end().filter(':odd').addClass('odd');
    });
});