East Coast White Unity

With an alarming frequency, devastating earthquakes have been unleashing their power upon the words fragile surface, causing horrific damage to any region caught within their paths. In the early morning hours on Saturday- one of those earthquakes struck the South American nation of Chile.

The amount of laid-off workers applying for unemployment increased last week after having decreased in the previous week. The jump lowered expectations about how fast the economy might improve this year.

The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for unemployment increased by 31,000 to 473,000.