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Original Text: The Police Department ousted its top leadership yesterday in the Central District, a move that comes amid violent attacks in the downtown area and one day after The Baltimore Sunreported that officers had failed to properly handle the robbery of a nanny in Bolton Hill.

Maj. John Bailey, a 35-year veteran, and his second in command, Deputy Maj. Avon Mackell, a 21-year veteran, were stripped of their command positions after what sources described as a particularly heated exchange with department leadership after a woman was choked and robbed of an iPod while she walked with a baby Monday afternoon.

Broadcast: The police department has shaken up its command positions after a heated exchange with higher-ups. Two top commanders were stripped of their positions.

Original:The nation's breathtaking pace of job loss slowed significantly in May, bolstering hopes that the worst of the current recession is over, but millions of Americans and their families face continued economic pain with the unemployment rate jumping to 9.4 percent. And wages remained essentially flat, the government reported.

Broadcast: The unemployment rate has jumped to 9.4 percent, leaving millions of Americans facing economic hardships.

Original:Baltimore City police released composite sketches Friday of two suspects in the fatal shooting of Joseph Woah-Tee at a Pen Lucy community center over the weekend.

Woah-Tee, 60, was shot during an attempted robbery about 3:40 a.m. Sunday at Gaimei Nangbn Multi-Purpose Neighborhood Center in the 4300 block of York Road. The center, which Woah-Tee founded in 1990, offered GED classes and other activities.

Broadcast: Police have released sketches of two suspects they believe shot a 60-year-old man at a local community center.