function formatBlogDate(theDate) {
            splitDates = theDate.split(" ");
            //theDate = "<span class=\"month\">" + splitDates[2] + "</span> <span class=\"day\">" + splitDates[1] + "</span>";
            theDate = "Release date: " + splitDates[2] + " " +splitDates[1] + "";
            return theDate;
    }
                
    function showBlogPosts(data) {
        WDN.jQuery('#news_headlines').html('<ul id="the_headlines"></ul>');
      for(var i=0; i<3; i++) {
          if (i == 1 | i==3 | i==5) {
        WDN.jQuery("ul#the_headlines").append("<li><a href='"+data.query.results.item[i].link+"'>"+data.query.results.item[i].title+"</a><br /><span>"+formatBlogDate(data.query.results.item[i].pubDate)+"</span></li>");
          } else {
        WDN.jQuery("ul#the_headlines").append("<li><a href='"+data.query.results.item[i].link+"'>"+data.query.results.item[i].title+"</a><br /><span>"+formatBlogDate(data.query.results.item[i].pubDate)+"</span></li>");
          } 
        }
    }