diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index b2dc1b6f58..0a64f4cea3 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3065,3 +3065,15 @@ Charlie 16 Mar 2009
     
     clientgui/
         AsyncRPC.cpp
+
+Charlie 17 Mar 2009
+    - MGR: Delete RPCThread::OnExit() because it is not called on Windows 
+        for some reason.
+    - Mac: add new source files ViewNews.cpp, ViewNews.h to XCode Project.
+    
+    clientgui/
+        AsyncRPC.cpp
+    mac_build/
+        boinc.xcodeproj/
+            project.pbxproj
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/clientgui/AsyncRPC.cpp b/clientgui/AsyncRPC.cpp
index d21e59befc..54cd2466e5 100755
--- a/clientgui/AsyncRPC.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/AsyncRPC.cpp
@@ -115,12 +115,6 @@ RPCThread::RPCThread(CMainDocument *pDoc,
 }
 
 
-void RPCThread::OnExit() {
-    // Tell CMainDocument that thread has gracefully ended 
-    m_pDoc->m_RPCThread = NULL;
-}
-
-
 void *RPCThread::Entry() {
     int retval = 0;
     CRPCFinishedEvent RPC_done_event( wxEVT_RPC_FINISHED );
@@ -139,6 +133,10 @@ void *RPCThread::Entry() {
         wxASSERT(condErr == wxCOND_NO_ERROR);
         
         if (m_pDoc->m_bShutDownRPCThread) {
+            m_pRPC_Thread_Mutex->Unlock();  // Just for safety - not really needed
+            // Tell CMainDocument that thread has gracefully ended 
+            // We do this here because OnExit() is not called on Windows
+            m_pDoc->m_RPCThread = NULL;
             Exit();
         }
         
@@ -614,8 +612,8 @@ void CMainDocument::KillRPCThread() {
     current_rpc_request.clear();
 
     wxStopWatch ThreadDeleteTimer = wxStopWatch();
-    // RPC thread sets m_RPCThread to NULL when it exits
 
+    // RPC thread sets m_RPCThread to NULL when it exits
     while (m_RPCThread) {
         // Wait up to RPC_KILL_DELAY for thread to exit on its own
        if (ThreadDeleteTimer.Time() > RPC_KILL_DELAY) {
diff --git a/clientgui/AsyncRPC.h b/clientgui/AsyncRPC.h
index 3a0f788225..ab3cca4c2a 100644
--- a/clientgui/AsyncRPC.h
+++ b/clientgui/AsyncRPC.h
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ public:
                 wxCondition* RPC_Request_Condition
             );
     virtual void                *Entry();
-    virtual void                OnExit();
     
 private:
     int                         ProcessRPCRequest();
diff --git a/mac_build/boinc.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/mac_build/boinc.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 10a4e3b4ea..70024c2be8 100755
--- a/mac_build/boinc.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/mac_build/boinc.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 		DD33C6F808B5BB4500768630 /* acct_setup.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD33C6F708B5BB4500768630 /* acct_setup.cpp */; };
 		DD33C70408B5BEDE00768630 /* http_curl.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD33C70208B5BEDE00768630 /* http_curl.cpp */; };
 		DD35353607E1E13F00C4718D /* boinc_api.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = F5755AD302FE063A012012A7 /* boinc_api.cpp */; };
+		DD377E090F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DD377E070F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.cpp */; };
 		DD3E14DB0A774397007E0084 /* boinc in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DDD74D8707CF482E0065AC9D /* boinc */; };
 		DD3E14DC0A774397007E0084 /* BOINCMgr.icns in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = DDF3028907CCCE2C00701169 /* BOINCMgr.icns */; };
 		DD3E14DD0A774397007E0084 /* InfoPlist.strings in Resources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = F51BDF4903086C46012012A7 /* InfoPlist.strings */; };
@@ -652,6 +653,8 @@
 		DD344BEE07C5B1770043025C /* proxy_info.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 30; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = proxy_info.h; path = ../lib/proxy_info.h; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		DD344BEF07C5B1770043025C /* proxy_info.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 30; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = proxy_info.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		DD35353107E1E05C00C4718D /* libboinc_api.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = archive.ar; includeInIndex = 0; path = libboinc_api.a; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
+		DD377E070F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = ViewNews.cpp; path = ../clientgui/ViewNews.cpp; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
+		DD377E080F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = ViewNews.h; path = ../clientgui/ViewNews.h; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		DD3E15420A774397007E0084 /* BOINCManager.app */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = wrapper.application; includeInIndex = 0; path = BOINCManager.app; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
 		DD407A4A07D2FB1200163EF5 /* libboinc.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = archive.ar; includeInIndex = 0; path = libboinc.a; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
 		DD407AB707D2FC7D00163EF5 /* mem_usage.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 30; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = mem_usage.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -1350,6 +1353,8 @@
 				DD81C46507C5D29F0098A04D /* ValidateURL.h */,
 				DD81C42507C5D1D70098A04D /* ViewMessages.cpp */,
 				DD81C46407C5D29F0098A04D /* ViewMessages.h */,
+				DD377E070F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.cpp */,
+				DD377E080F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.h */,
 				DDD52DC40C03CAE6009B5FC0 /* ViewProjects.cpp */,
 				DDD52DC50C03CAE6009B5FC0 /* ViewProjects.h */,
 				DD81C42307C5D1D70098A04D /* ViewResources.cpp */,
@@ -2400,6 +2405,7 @@
 				DDC132F30E2DAB1B0014D305 /* AsyncRPC.cpp in Sources */,
 				DDDE43B10EC04C1800083520 /* DlgExitMessage.cpp in Sources */,
 				DDC836E60EDEA5DB001C2EF9 /* TermsOfUsePage.cpp in Sources */,
+				DD377E090F6F95650089CE9A /* ViewNews.cpp in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};