{"id":21463,"date":"2016-03-17T22:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T05:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=21463"},"modified":"2016-03-17T22:45:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T05:45:50","slug":"justice-departments-files-lawsuit-stop-l-times-buying-register-press-enterprise-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=21463","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop L.A. 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