var flash = "newsflashexample"; // Each time you create a newsflash, you need to update this unique cookie name. That way, the browser of people who have chosen to hide the old newsflash will know to display the freshly updated newflash.

$(document).ready(function(){  

$('.newsflash .close').click(function(){
			$('.newsflash').slideUp(150);
			$.cookie(flash, 'hide');
			return false;
		});

 if ($.cookie(flash) == 'hide') {  
$(".newsflash").hide();  
}
else{
$('.newsflash').animate({top: '0px'}, 2000).slideDown(150);
};

});