$ cat a.json
{"Scientists Extend Einstein's ...... }}
$ cat a.php
<?php
// This doesnt't work:
// echo json_decode(file_get_contents("a.json"))

print_r(json_decode(file_get_contents("a.json")));

?>
$ php --version
PHP 5.5.3-1ubuntu2.1 (cli) (built: Dec 12 2013 04:24:35)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.3-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2013, by Zend Technologies
$ php a.php
stdClass Object
(
    [Scientists Extend Einstein&#39;s Relativity to the Universe&#39;s First Moments. January 9  . Fairly Simple Math Could Bridge Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity.] => stdClass Object
        (
            [39] => 4
            [9] => 3
            [Universe&#] => 4
            [Extend] => 2
            [fairli] => 2
            [Could] => 3
            [Bridg] => 3
            [Moment] => 2
            [.] => 1
            [to] => 3
            [s] => 2
            [scientist] => 3
            [Rel] => 3
            [Einstein&#] => 2
            [januari] => 2
            [;] => 1
            [Simpl] => 3
            [the] => 4
            [Math] => 3
            [First] => 2
        )
.........