{"id":1234,"date":"2012-05-22T10:19:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T14:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2012-05-22T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T14:39:37","slug":"1234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2012\/05\/1234.html","title":{"rendered":"Men Knitting?  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