{"id":5427,"date":"2010-07-10T14:10:58","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T18:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2010-07-10T14:47:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T18:47:16","slug":"witless-for-the-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/witless-for-the-prosecution","title":{"rendered":"Witless for the Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Witness no more: Cleveland&#8217;s not so happy about LeBron leaving for Miami, <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/nba\/news\/story?id=5369316\">so the mural is coming down<\/a>. 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