In the meantime I just zoom my browser, or resize the window so that I no longer see red. It's become so natural I don't even think about it when I do it.
I PM'd the admin with this request shortly after they changed the main page background to black. They said they were working on a re-design, but no info as to when the change might be coming.
Is it just my eyebiting to me, the background is yellow although the headlines are Red. Never really bothered me either and I been on here for 5 years myself.