1.0link155786<![CDATA[North Carolina Jobless Claims Crash State's Web Site]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/06/north-carolina-jobless-cl_n_155786.htmlRALEIGH, N.C. — Unemployment is up so much in North Carolina that the state's Internet site for benefits crashed twice this week under a rush of claims.
Once the system was back up, the state set one-day records both for the amount of unemployment benefits paid and for the number of transactions, officials said Tuesday.