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JavaScript
var json = JSON.parse('{"data":[\
{"_id":{"$id":"4f977259b1445dce24000000"},\
"headline":"asdfasdf",\
"date":{"sec":1333584000,"usec":0},\
"text":"asdfasdfas"}\
]}');
console.log(json.data[0]._id.$id);