function newsItemBP(callback) {
    var newsItems = new Array();
    newsItemDM(function (vic) {
        var attrVal = new Array();
        for (var i = 0; i <= vic.length; i++) {
            //alert(vic[i].NewsId);
            var d = new Date(parseInt(vic[i].PressDate.slice(6, -2)));
            var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March",
            "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September",
            "October", "November", "December");
            var curr_date = d.getDate();
            var curr_month = d.getMonth();
            var curr_year = d.getFullYear();
            var newsDate = m_names[curr_month] + " " + curr_date + ", " + curr_year;
            newsItem = vic[i];
            newsItems[i] = newsItem;
            newsItems[i].PressDate = newsDate;
        }        
    });
   
}