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Snowed out right out of work.
Jobless claims increased by 7,000 to 320,000 in the week ended Feb. 28, the most since May, from 313,000 in the prior period, a Labor Department report showed Thursday in Washington.
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The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, climbed to 304,750 from 294,500 the week before.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits increased by 17,000 to 2.42 million in the week ended Feb. 21.