How to stop auto scrolling of news bullets on Yahoo home page?

Seems that just started with a fairly recent Yahoo update.

Don't like it, would prefer the bullets & thumbnails don't auto scroll so I can look at them
for awhile without them scrolling out of view, then be able to scroll at the pace I want.

Anyway to eliminate that auto scrolling?

And, BTW, how in the heck can I shut off that lame "Ian" cartoon thing on the right side
of the Yahoo email page? Totally annoying.

Thanks!!