{"id":2233,"date":"2014-01-17T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T19:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2014-01-17T14:42:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T19:42:01","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-11714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=2233","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 1\/17\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a little later in the day than usual for getting these out, but that&#8217;s okay. Now you can have some light (and inspirational)\u00a0reading before bed tonight. 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