Let Net::HTTP.get take request headers (#2957)

* Let Net::HTTP.get take request headers

* Add more test cases for no header usages

* Add examples with request headers

* Add a NEWS entry [ci skip]

[Feature #16686]

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diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ Outstanding ones only.
         * Add Net::HTTP#verify_hostname= and Net::HTTP#verify_hostname
           to skip hostname verification.  [[Feature #16555]]
 
+    * Modified method
+
+        * Net::HTTP.get, Net::HTTP.get_response, and Net::HTTP.get_print can
+          take request headers as Hash in the second argument when the first
+          argument is an URI.
+
 ## Compatibility issues
 
 Excluding feature bug fixes.