Applications for US unemployment benefits plummet to 14-year low of 264,000 By Washington Examiner October 16, 2014 12:31 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for US unemployment benefits plummet to 14-year low of 264,000. Related Content State North Carolina Democrat switches to GOP for gerrymandering campaign against Moore In Focus Conservatives beware: Socialism isn’t to be mocked, but feared White House Trump pitches nuking filibuster to end left-wing momentum: ‘The Democrats are winning’ Washington Secrets Trump losing touch with MAGA: White House Report Card Entertainment Iraq War documentary, once shelved by PBS, sees the light 17 years later