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May 8, 2014

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 319K

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 26,000 last week to 319,000, the latest sign that the job market is slowly improving.

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