{"id":6630,"date":"2010-08-02T01:40:48","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T01:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/?p=6630"},"modified":"2010-08-26T17:25:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T17:25:41","slug":"the-brave-chihuahua-that-took-on-a-black-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.famouschihuahua.com\/chihuahua-news\/the-brave-chihuahua-that-took-on-a-black-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"the story of mina, the brave chihuahua that took on a big black bear!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"AllowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.king5.com\/v\/?i=99442504\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed 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