I added a link to the > 900 github.com repos that depend on uimaj.core. I added a short paragraph on RUTA with a link on the home page.
I took out the out-of-date copy of the NEWS index, and replace it with a link to the actual news page. Fixed up some http:// links to https: (Left the links to the uima-ducc demos, since that doesn't support https.) Feel free to improve :-). -Marshall
