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(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio)
Byline: Katie Byard
Summit County's jobless rate was 7.1 percent in June, down from 9 percent a year ago.
The rate, however, ticked up from 6.7 percent in May.
Unemployment rates were also down from a year ago in the cities of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, according to figures released Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
In Akron, the rate declined to 7.9 percent from 10.1 percent in June 2011. The rate was 7.6 percent in May.
In Cuyahoga Falls, the June rate was 6.6 percent, down from 8.4 percent a year ago and up from 6.2 percent in May. …