{"id":97608,"date":"2015-03-26T22:06:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T03:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=97608"},"modified":"2015-03-28T07:05:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T12:05:39","slug":"middle-earth-march-madness-the-elite-eight-vote-in-round-3-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2015\/03\/26\/97608-middle-earth-march-madness-the-elite-eight-vote-in-round-3-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle-earth March Madness &#8211; The Sweet Sixteen! 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