US economy adds 103,000 jobs last month

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.

Still, job growth remains too weak to lower the unemployment rate, which stayed at 9.1 percent for the third straight month.

The Labor Department also revised the previous two months to show that companies hired at a better pace than first estimated.

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