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    "href": "/post/2012/08/15/what-happened-to-americas-dog/",
    "relId": "2012/08/15/what-happened-to-americas-dog",
    "title": "What Happened to America's Dog?",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "tags": [
        {
            "href": "/tag/dogs/",
            "relId": "dogs",
            "title": "Dogs",
            "author": null,
            "created": null,
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    "created": "2012-08-15 16:27:05 UTC",
    "updated": [
        "2012-08-15 16:27:05 UTC"
    ],
    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>During the first half of the 20th century, Pit Bulls were the closest thing the United States had to a national dog.\u00c2\u00a0 They were featured on U.S. recruiting posters in World Wars I and II, prominently featured as corporate mascots and cast as the ideal family dog in television and movies.</p>\n<p>Now the breed is demonized and battles everything from a media-driven reputation for being predators, to abuse from their owners, to legislation that seeks to outlaw their existence. How did this happen to a dog that was once America\u00e2\u0080\u0099s sweetheart?</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://fairfaxcity.patch.com/articles/what-happened-to-america-s-dog\">What Happened to America's Dog? - Fairfax City, VA Patch</a></em>.</p>\n"
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