{"id":3458,"date":"2016-05-27T15:55:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T19:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2016-05-27T15:55:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T19:55:40","slug":"at-news-wrap-up-52716","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"AT News Wrap Up, 5\/27\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s almost the holiday weekend, and chances are you&#8217;ll be chatting news (and probably politics) with friends and family. 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