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America In Focus: Unemployment rate climbs, mortgage rate hits nearly 3 year high

U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday. Hiring dropped from a revised 133,000 in August, the Labor Department said. The unemployment rate rose to a still-low 4.2% from 4.1% in August. Meanwhile, the average l…