Record backport of string.py patch and add credit to NEWS
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b391f23..1de6111 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@
 
 - Issue #11554: Reactivated test_email_codecs.
 
-- Issue #11505: improves test coverage of string.py
+- Issue #11505: improves test coverage of string.py. Patch by Alicia
+  Arlen
 
 - Issue #11490: test_subprocess:test_leaking_fds_on_error no longer gives a
   false positive if the last directory in the path is inaccessible.