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HTML

<ul class="art-vmenu">
    
    <li><a href="#" ><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span>
        <span class="t">Home</span></a></li>    
    <li><a href="#" ><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span>
        <span class="t">Create User</span></a></li> 
    <li><a href="#" class="active"><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span>
        <span class="t">List Users</span></a></li>  
    <li><a href="#"><span class="l"></span><span class="r"></span>
        <span class="t">Admin</span></a></li>   
</ul>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('ul.art-vmenu li').live("click", function() {
        alert($(this).text());
    });


});