diff --git a/_posts/2016-08-05-Test.md b/_posts/2016-08-05-Test.md
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+---
+layout: post
+title: Test 1
+excerpt: test 1
+---
+
+# {{ page.title }}
+
+testing, 1, 2, 3...
diff --git a/_posts/2016-08-06-Test2.md b/_posts/2016-08-06-Test2.md
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+---
+layout: post
+title: Test 2
+excerpt: test 2
+---
+
+# {{ page.title }}
+
+testing, 1, 2, 3...
diff --git a/news.md b/news.md
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+---
+layout: main
+title: News
+ghproj: "http://github.com/justinethier/cyclone/tree/master/"
+---
+
+{% for post in site.posts %}
+  {{post.date | date: "%b %d %Y" }}
+  [{{post.title}}]({{post.url}})
+  {{post.excerpt}}
+
+{% endfor %}
+