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Region's Unemployment Rate Rises, High Costs Blamed

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North Carolina's unemployment rate rose to the highest level in four years last month and the South Carolina rate rose sharply, as well. Officials are blaming the high cost of gas and groceries. From WFAE's Carolina's Business Bureau, Julie Rose reports.