JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Quattrocento' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

<h1>Topics & News</h1>
    <ul id="news" class="ticker">
        <li>
            Free Top 10 Productivity Apps for iPad Users<br /> (via:<a href="http://skytechgeek.com/2011/10/free-top-10-productivity-apps-for-ipad-users/">skytechgeek.com</a>)
        </li>
    </ul>

CSS

html, body {
    font-family: 'Quattrocento', serif;
    font-size: 20px;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    background:url(http://kachibito.net/sample/Alice/demos/common/ios-linen.jpg);
        color: #fff;
}

a { color: #e8d421; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { color: #e82134; }



h1{
  background: #1d1d1d ;
   margin: 0 ;
    padding: 5px 0px 5px 50px;
    opacity: 0.85 ;
}



.ticker {
    width: 600px;
    height: 60px;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin: 60px 0 0 35px;
    padding: 0;
    list-style: none;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #000;
        font-size: 25px;
}


.ticker li {
    height: 60px;
 
    padding: 5px;
    margin: 0px 5px;
}

JavaScript

function ticker(){
        if($('#news li').length<=1) return false;
        $('#news li:first').slideUp( function() {
            $(this).appendTo($('Qetic')).slideDown(); });
    }
    setInterval(function(){ticker()}, 5000);