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♪ >> paul: welcome to the "the journal editorial report." im paul gigot. more bad news for the fragile economic recovery this week. as the unemployment rate rose to 9.1%. employers hired only 54,000 new workers in may. the fewest in eight months. home prices also fell for the eighth straight month. to levels last seen in 2002. and retail sales slowed in may. as consumers struggling with higher gas and food prices spent less on discretionary items like clothing and home goods. joining...

short list of suspects in the attacks, but still looking for leads, the fbi launched this website, and put up a series of electronic bill boards last week, from rural virginia to times square, asking for help from the public to solve the crimes. it apparently worked. >> ultimately, the bill doos board and the media campaign led to a detailed tip that helped to crack this case. >> reporter: for years, detectives had dna linking a dozen of the assaults, but no idea who that dna belonged ...

a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west, and we begin with big news from the white house this morning. the presidents chief of staff says the administration could make a rare move to help knock down rising gas prices. just this morning nbcs david gregory asked whether the white house would consider tapping the strategic oil reserves to help ease the pain at the pump. >> the issue of the reserves is one were considering. it is something that only is done -- has been done in very rare...

annapolis this afternoon and will have more on this development coming up on news 4 at 5:00 as we mentioned off the top, picket lines are creating patients today at washington honest center, where nurses have gone on a one-day strike. they say theyre standing up for patient care. the hospital says the battle is over pay. megan mcgrath has a look now at how the hospital is operating today. >> reporter: nurses on strike at the washington hospital center. more than 100 walked the picket...