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Written by Cecilia Kang for The Washington Post, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Vice President Biden yesterday announced guidelines for $4 billion in stimulus funds to expand high-speed Internet access across the nation, jump-starting a program that has been criticized for taking too long to get off the ground. The first round of grants and loans is part of a total $7.2 billion in funds for expanding…