Fix closes issue 1673007 urllib.request to support HEAD requests with a new method arg.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f02e878..f490a7a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@
 
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+- issue #1673007: urllib2  to support HEAD request via new method argument.
+  Patch contributions by David Stanek, Patrick Westerhoff and Ezio Melotti.
+
 - Issue #12386: packaging does not fail anymore when writing the RESOURCES
   file.