CLC-1263: Add release notes from blog to splash page
https://jira.media.berkeley.edu/jira/browse/CLC-1263

Per discussion, let's merge this for now, with agreement to replace it with nokogiri or feedzirra back-end approach early next sprint.
Merge pull request #697 from shacker/CLC-1263d

CLC-1263: Add release notes from blog to splash page