NEWS: Document change to Lisp reader for overflowing ints.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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--- a/etc/NEWS
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@@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ System (CLOS).  It is used by the other CEDET packages.
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 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2
 
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+** The Lisp reader turns integers that are too large/small into floats.
+For instance, on machines where `536870911' is the largest integer,
+reading `536870912' gives the floating-point object `536870912.0'.
+This change does not change how integers overflow.
+
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 ** Several obsolete functions removed.
 The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to