{"id":2164,"date":"2013-12-06T10:19:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2013-12-06T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T15:19:50","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-12613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2164","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 12\/6\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of the Thanksgiving holiday last week, we missed out on sending last Friday&#8217;s AT Wrap Up. So, as an extra special holiday treat (or perhaps early gift), we&#8217;re sharing some of the best AT news from the past two weeks. 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