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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0a4.1/jquery.mobile-1.0a4.1.min.js"></script>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Remove Test</title>
</head>

<body>
  <div data-role="page" id="page">
    <div data-role="header" id="head">
      <div data-role="navbar" id="nav">
        <ul>
          <li><a>One</a></li>
          <li><a>Two</a></li>            
          <li id="three"><a>Three</a></li>                        
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div data-role="content">
      <a data-role="button" id="removeButton">Remove Three</a>
    </div>
  </div>
 </body>
</html>

JavaScript

function resetButton(button) {
  setTimeout(function() {
    $(button).removeClass('ui-btn-active');
  }, 500);
}

$(document).ready(function () {
   $("a[data-role='button']").live('click', function() {
     resetButton($(this));
   });
    
   
           
 });