function LoadNews($filename = 'news.txt') {
    $newstext = file($filename);
    $news = array();
    $nn = 0; $opn = 0; $snews = array();
    foreach ($newstext as $nline) {
      if (strlen(trim($nline)) > 0) {
        if (!$nn) $snews['header'] = trim($nline);
        elseif ($nn == 1) $snews['datetime'] = trim($nline);
        elseif ($nn == 2) $snews['announce'] = trim($nline);
        elseif ($nn == 3) $snews['author'] = trim($nline);
        else $snews['text'] .= trim($nline)."<br>";
        $nn++;
      } elseif ($nn) {
        $nn = 0;
        $news[] = $snews;
        $opn++;
        $snews = array('announce'=>'', 'author'=>'',
                       'text'=>'');
      }
    }
    return $news;
  }

$nn ?
$opn ?
($newstext as $nline) ?

че то не врублюсь немного в логику,может кто знает?