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Vice President Joe Biden stood behind President Barack Obama as he signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill at the Museum of Nature and Science in central Denver Tuesday.

(AP) Vice President Joe Biden stood behind President Barack Obama as he signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill at the Museum of Nature and Science in central Denver Tuesday.

By Joseph Williams

Globe Staff / February 18, 2009

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WASHINGTON - President Obama, seeking to stabilize the nation's staggering economy, signed into law yesterday the massive $787 billion economic stimulus bill - even as two automakers asked for billions more in federal help and the stock market plummeted to a near 5 1/2-year low. (Full article: 1065 words)