{"id":1554,"date":"2010-07-26T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2010-05-21T15:03:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T19:03:28","slug":"use-css-for-print-friendly-pages-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2010\/07\/26\/use-css-for-print-friendly-pages-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Use CSS for Print Friendly Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy McCord is in Russia for the next two weeks. 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