Unemployment rises to 9.1 percent nationwide

Friday, June 3, 2011 | 8:02 p.m. CDT; updated 11:23 a.m. CDT, Thursday, June 16, 2011

WASHINGTON — Employers in May added the fewest number of jobs in eight months, and the unemployment rate inched up to 9.1 percent. The weakening job market raised concerns about an economy hampered by gas prices and the Japanese nuclear disaster.

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