text: Jobless Claims Rise on Back of Hurricane  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranks of Americans filling for  initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at  least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought  by Hurricane Charley earlier this month, the government said on  Thursday.
inputs: Jobless Claims Rise on Back of Hurricane  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ranks of Americans filling for  initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at  least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought  by Hurricane Charley earlier this month, the government said on  Thursday.