title: Parse string to JSON/Hash
body: <p>I'm trying to convert the following string to either a hash or json. </p>
  
  <p>How do I do this in ruby?</p>
  
  <pre><code>[{"place":null,"coordinates":null,"in_reply_to_user_id":null,"in_reply_to_status_id":null,
  "favorited":false,"truncated":false,"created_at":"Wed Nov 16 08:00:46 +0000 2011","retweet_count":0,"in_reply_to_screen_name":null,
  "user":{"profile_background_image_url":"http:\/\/a1.twimg.com\/profile_background_images\/190989640\/afcx.jpg","protected":false,
  "statuses_count":23414,"profile_link_color":"FF0000"},"retweeted":false,"in_reply_to_status_id_str":null,"in_reply_to_user_id_str":null,"contributors":null,"geo":null}]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm running ruby1.8.7.</p>