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+h2. Status methods
+
+The methods below deal with showing, updating, and deleting status messages on Twitter.
+
+
+h3. showStatus()
+* <b>id:</b> (Required) The numerical ID of the status to retrieve.
+
+<pre>
+<code>
+import tango
+
+# Instantiate with no Auth - Auth might be needed if user is protected
+twitter = tango.setup()
+status = twitter.showStatus("123")
+
+print status["text"]
+</code>
+</pre>
+    
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