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Stimulus bill carries high stakes for families in need

The unemployed consumer products executive was deep in the morning papers last Sunday when his 12-year-old son piped up. "Dad," he said, "what's in this bailout package for us?"

The 53-year-old former executive from Bethpage, whose job was downsized away in September, has been wondering the same thing.

With two kids in college, two more headed that way, and an unemployment check that...

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