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Jun 27 2008, AP

Millions of economic stimulus payments sent after-tax incomes surging in May by the largest amount since a similar recession-fighting effort by Gerald Ford 33 years ago.All the extra money helped to push consumer spending up by the largest amount in six...

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Stacks of burned U.S. currency are examined at the Mutilated Currency Division of the Treasury Department in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2008.