{"id":12444,"date":"2007-04-24T23:11:07","date_gmt":"2007-04-25T06:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/04\/24\/2-more-years-of-oohs-and-aahs-michael-e-ruane\/"},"modified":"2007-04-24T23:11:07","modified_gmt":"2007-04-25T06:11:07","slug":"2-more-years-of-oohs-and-aahs-michael-e-ruane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/04\/2-more-years-of-oohs-and-aahs-michael-e-ruane\/","title":{"rendered":"2 More Years of Oohs and Aahs &#8211; Michael E. 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Fenty (D) called him, would be allowed to stay and munch and slouch, and entertain, for two more years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tai_Shan_(panda)\">Tai Shan<\/a> has drawn an estimated 2.25 million visitors since his public debut Dec. 8, 2005, zoo officials said, and tens of millions more have viewed him on the zoo&#8217;s panda cam. He has been on the cover of magazines, the subject of a documentary and the inspiration for various zoo merchandise.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/24\/AR2007042400610.html \"target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Washington Post: Inside the zoo enclosure, the plump little creature with the black ears, black eyes and awful posture slouched against the glass, shredding bamboo stalks with his teeth. 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