{"id":28,"date":"2006-11-27T02:20:45","date_gmt":"2006-11-27T07:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2006\/11\/27\/stephen-colbert-opens-museum\/"},"modified":"2010-04-10T19:44:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T23:44:14","slug":"stephen-colbert-opens-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2006\/11\/27\/stephen-colbert-opens-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert opens Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Stephen Colbert is giving back to The Nation. 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