Merge pull request #254 from deanberris/0.9-devel

This is a PR that brings 0.9-devel into 0.10.0 release readiness.
Update whats_new.rst for 0.10.0
Merge pull request #256 from nico159/0.9-devel

Update whats_new.rst for 0.10.0
Typos and broken links.
Rebuilding with updates.