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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 09bcece..73fc7a7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
     least permitted and maybe required by AMOP).  As a consolation,
     however, the SBCL implementation of these functions now calls
     REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE as specified by AMOP.
+  * bug fix: slot-definition documentation is propagated as per ANSI
+    7.6.2 to EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITIONS.
+    COMPUTE-EFFECTIVE-SLOT-DEFINITION now receives a :DOCUMENTATION
+    argument, as do eslotd initialization methods.  (from Pascal
+    Costanza's "Closer" project)
   * bug fix: REINITIALIZE-INSTANCE on generic functions calls
     COMPUTE-DISCRIMINATING-FUNCTION (almost) unconditionally, as
     specified by AMOP.
@@ -15,15 +20,25 @@ changes in sbcl-0.9.7 relative to sbcl-0.9.6:
   * bug fix: the dependent update protocol now works for generic
     functions.  (thanks to Gerd Moellmann; reported by Bruno Haible
     and Pascal Costanza)
+  * bug fix: floating point printing is more accurate in some
+    circumstances.  (thanks to Simon Alexander)
   * bug fix: *COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* now contains the user's pathname
     merged with *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS*.
+  * bug fix: callbacks on OS X now preserve stack-alignment.
+    (thanks to Cyrus Harmon)
   * enhancement: the x86-64 disassembler is much better at
     disassembling SSE instructions.  (thanks to Lutz Euler)
+  * enhancement: CHECK-TYPE on a variable now allows type-inference
+    (thanks to Vincent Arkesteijn)
   * optimization: improved performance of EUC-JP external format.
     (thanks to NIIMI Satoshi)
   * optimization: performance improvements to IO on file streams of
     :ELEMENT-TYPE CHARACTER
   * optimization: much faster memory allocation on x86-64
+  * optimization: faster garbage collections (latency and throughput)
+    on gencgc
+  * optimization: faster bignum subtraction and division on x86 and x86-64 
+    (thanks to Lutz Euler)
 
 changes in sbcl-0.9.6 relative to sbcl-0.9.5:
   * bug fix: add a workaround to SBCL looping infinitely at startup on
@@ -785,7 +800,7 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.16 relative to sbcl-0.8.15:
     (thanks to Richard Kreuter)
   * bug fix: defining classes whose accessors are methods on existing
     generic functions in other (locked) packages no longer signals
-    bogus package lock violations. (reported by François-René Rideau)
+    bogus package lock violations. (reported by François-René Rideau)
   * bug fix: special variables as DEFMETHOD parameters no longer have
     associated bogus type declarations. (reported by David Wragg and
     Bruno Haible)