The US jobless rate crept up in September even as hiring exceeded analyst expectations, according to a delayed employment report published Thursday after a record-long government shutdown.The world's biggest economy added 119,000 jobs in the month up from August but the unemployment rate edged up from 4.3 percent to 4.4 percent, said the Labor Department.Meanwhile, revised data for August showed that the employment situation was gloomier than originally estimated, with the economy shedding 4,000 jobs, rather than adding 22,000 as had been reported.Thursday's publication marks the first official snapshot of the overall labor market's health in over two months, due...