Revert "ensure only GET and HEAD requests follow redirects"

This reverts commit 71602a5a9106cd64525429f4894121673608a71b.

ref #281
Revert "updated changelog for #281"

This reverts commit 5ec694f4bbfd36a9416a55fa010fdb594c14f3ca.

Conflicts:
	CHANGELOG.rdoc

ref #281