Misc updates in News, etc

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Fix to News.RD for unprintable characters inserted when editing on a Mac. #(&$#($#

git-svn-id: svn://svn.r-forge.r-project.org/svnroot/btspas@141 edb9625f-4e0d-4859-8d74-9fd3b1da38cb