Unemployment benefit requests jumped to 428K (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110915/ap_on_re_us/us_unemployment_benefits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110915/capt.ecc25fbdb00a4904be6fe907517227f4-ecc25fbdb00a4904be6fe907517227f4-0.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=WuQfpqYBlYQICwUeBfvHZQ--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="Job-seeker Michael Kautzman, left, talks to Tara Tran, right, a district manager for American Family Insurance, about employment possibilities as Linh Phung, center, puts a completed form in a collection box, during a National Career Fairs job fair, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, in Bellevue, Wash. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped to the highest level in three months, a sign that layoffs could be increasing. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - The number of people applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week to the highest level in three months. It's a sign that the job market remains depressed.</p><br clear="all"/>

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