text:  Correspondent Jeremy House, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased again this week, extending the welcome trend for prospective homebuyers facing those record high home prices. The rate fell to 6.86% from 6.87% last week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. Oklahoma executing a man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1984. 66-year-old Richard Rojem was given a lethal injection.