jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
		settings = jQuery.extend({
		travelocity: 0.03,
		liRightPadding: 60 // I added this
		}, settings); 
		return this.each(function(){
				var $strip = jQuery(this);
				$strip.addClass("newsticker")
				var stripWidth = 0;
				var $mask = $strip.wrap("<div class='mask'></div>");
				var $tickercontainer = $strip.parent().wrap("<div class='tickercontainer'></div>"); 
				var containerWidth = $strip.parent().parent().width(); //a.k.a. 'mask' width 
				liNum = 2; // I added this (starts at 2 for IE6)
				$strip.find("li").each(function(i){
					stripWidth += jQuery(this, i).width();
					liNum++; // I added this
					$(this).css("paddingRight", settings.liRightPadding+"px") // I added this
				});
				$strip.width(stripWidth+(liNum*settings.liRightPadding)); // I changed this 
				var defTiming = stripWidth/settings.travelocity;
				var totalTravel = stripWidth+containerWidth+300; //add +300 
				function scrollnews(spazio, tempo){
					$strip.animate({left: '-='+ spazio}, tempo, "linear", function(){$strip.css("left", containerWidth); scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming);});
				}
				scrollnews(totalTravel, defTiming); 
				$strip.hover(function(){
					jQuery(this).stop();
				},
				function(){
					var offset = jQuery(this).offset();
					var residualSpace = offset.left + stripWidth;
//					var residualTime = residualSpace/settings.travelocity;
//					scrollnews(residualSpace, residualTime);
					scrollnews(residualSpace, defTiming);
				}); 
		}); 
};