jQuery.fn.liScroll = function(settings) {
settings = jQuery.extend({
travelocity: 0.05,
liRightPadding: 10 // 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;
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 distTraveled = containerWidth-offset.left;
    var timeElapsed = (defTiming * distTraveled)/totalTravel;
    var residualTime = defTiming - timeElapsed;
    scrollnews(residualSpace, residualTime);
  }
  ); 
});
};