NORTH CAROLINA — http://bcove.me/l1n86frh
North Carolina's Employment Security Division paid hundreds of millions of dollars in extra unemployment benefits.
The U.S. Labor Department said during a 12-month period, the state handed out an extra $178 million.
About 13 percent of people who received unemployment benefits were given the wrong amount.
Across the U.S., overpayments totaled more than $5 billion.
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