Load text in both flash and html version of site

Hello good people!

I’ve got a flash site that loads html text from a .txt file. The external text file looks like this:
news=blah blah blah

There is an html version of the site that I am trying to fix up a bit. I would like to use the same external text file that feeds the flash site to feed the html version.

So I call the html news page “news.php” and I throw in something like this where I want my news text to go:

<p><?php include("news.txt"); ?></p>

Great! Works like a charm. Except! It of course loads the “news=” as well as the news.

So can anyone tell me how to get rid of the “news=” that is put in front of the actual news in the html version of my site? So far, my php fumblings have been pretty painless but I am very far from knowing what Im doing so a big answer for a big dummey would be super… But I will be greatfull and happy with any kind of help at all.

Have a nice day.