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diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
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--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -66,18 +66,47 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
-@item Ties may be switched off for individual notes in tied chords,
+@item By defining a clip region, a cutout EPS file of a number of measures
+may be generated from the complete score.  Hence, it is no longer
+necessary to create separate files to create extracts of (long)
+scores.  An example is shown in
+@file{input/regression/clip-systems.ly}.
+
+This feature was sponsored by Rick Hansen.
+
+
+@item Lyric texts may include tie symbols by using the @code{~}
+symbol,
+
+@lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]
+  { c4 f2 g4 }
+  \addlyrics {
+    o la~la la
+  } 
+@end lilypond
+
+@item Calculation of note head durations is now softcoded. 
+
+@lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]
+  %% use half heads for whole notes.
+  \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1                                         
+  c1 c2 c4 c8[ c16 c]
+@end lilypond
+
+
+@c Please insert any new material above this line.  -gp
+
+@item Chords can now be partially tied,
 
 @lilypond[ragged-right,relative,fragment]
-<c e \untied g b> ~  < c e g b >
+<c~ e g~ b>  <c e g b>
 @end lilypond
 
 This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
 
 @item Lyric extenders now have tunable padding.
 
-This feature was sponsored by David Griffel
-
+This feature was sponsored by David Griffel.
 
 @item
 Instrument changes are better supported: names in the margin can be
@@ -95,7 +124,7 @@ c4 \bar "dashed" c4
 This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.
 
 @item
-Grace notes maybe forced to use floating spacing, 
+Grace notes may be forced to use floating spacing, 
 
 @lilypond[relative=2,ragged-right]
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