I have used CSS div elements to place a menu, news & content area on the BG of my site. The areas are small, and the scrollbars take up a lot of space. Is there any way, using CSS or JavaScript, to make them smaller?

The absolutely positioned scrollable area (http://www.dhtmlshock.com/scrollers/APScrollableArea/default.asp)?

Um, that's not quite what I was going for. Here is my site: no need to post this
What I want to do is just make the scrollbars narrower so they don't use up as much space.

nope you can't. Scrollbars are in the computer settings, so unless the viewer of your site has the scrollbars more narrow they will be displayed normally.

Love,
Mirna