AS3 Adobe AIR: Return xml string
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**I'm working in Flash CS6 with Adobe AIR 3.3 (for iOS) and having trouble returning an XML string to a textField.**  

It is tracing the proper information, and I've tried a few ways to return the trace but can't seem to quite get it...  Here is my most recent try.  Any suggestions?  Thanks in advance.

    function init(e:Event = null):void
    {
    var fadedText = new TextField();
    item.addChild(fadedText);
	fadedText.text = distanceCalculated();

	var distanceLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
	distanceLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.someUrl.xml"));
	distanceLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, distanceCalculated);
    }

    function distanceCalculated(e:Event)
    {
    var distanceXML:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
	distanceXML.ignoreWhitespace = true;
	var returnVar:String = (distanceXML.row.element.distance.text);
    //gets the proper information
    return returnVar;
    //I want this to return to fadedText
	trace(returnVar);
    }
    