{"id":27945,"date":"2016-08-10T07:53:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T12:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27945"},"modified":"2016-08-10T07:54:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T12:54:01","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27945","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Know for Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n<p>1. WHOM TRUMP FAULTS FOR SECOND AMENDMENT FLAP<\/p>\n<p>The GOP presidential hopeful is blaming media bias for an uproar over his comments about the right to gun ownership, insisting he never advocated violence against Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>2. 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