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Jobless claims fall for second straight week

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By MATT OTT
AP Business Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the second week in a row after three straight weeks of increases. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 23,000 to 238,000 last week, from 261,000 the previous week. The four-week average for claims, which compensates for weekly volatility, rose by nearly 8,000 to 255,000. In total, 1.6 million Americans were collecting jobless aid the week that ended Jan. 22, a slight drop from the previous week.  

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