Danielle Kurtzleben is a business and economics reporter for U.S. News & World Report. You can follow her on Twitter or reach her at dkurtzleben@usnews.com.
CORRECTED ON 10/11/12: An earlier version of this story stated that California posted 2,069 new jobless claims the week ending October 6. It posted that gain in the week ending September 29.

















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