Total construction spending fell 1.1% to $808.9 billion in February from a revised $818.1 billion in January. Economists had anticipated an increase of 0.7% in February. Compared to a year ago, construction spending is up 5.8%.

Retail sales fell 3.8% for the week ending March 31, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs index. On a year-over-year basis, retailers saw sales increase 4.2%.

Factory orders rose 1.3% in February to a seasonally adjusted $468.4 billion, following a revised 1.1% decrease in January. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders increased 0.9% in February.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted composite index of mortgage applications for the week ending March 30 rose 4.8%. Refinancing applications increased 4%. Purchase volume rose 7.2%.

The Institute for Supply Management reported that the monthly composite index of non-manufacturing activity fell to 56 in March from 57.3 in February. A reading above 50 signals expansion. It was the 27th straight month of expansion in the services sector.

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RENO, Nev.  – The University of Nevada baseball team defeated the Reno Aces, the Triple A affiliate of the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks, by a score of 7-3 in an exhibition contest at Aces Ballpark Tuesday night.  The Wolf Pack and Aces were meeting for the third consecutive year and Tuesday was the first time the Pack won the annual exhibition.
The game is a fundraiser for Nevada’s Dugout Club and the Reno Aces donated $15,000 for the third year in a row.
Pack left fielder Tom Niebergall got things started when he hit the first pitch of the game for a single then stole second base and eventually scored the first run of the night.  Center fielder Jamison Rowe followed Niebergall with a bunt single and scored Nevada’s second run as part of a three-run top of the first.
The Aces rallied to tie score at 3-3 in the fifth inning but the Pack responded with a four-run sixth.  Rowe collected his second hit of the contest in the big inning and also made a diving catch in center field earlier in the game.  First baseman Kewby Meyer nearly hit a home run that stayed in the park after bouncing off the top of the fence in right field to drive home a run in the inning.
The Aces pitchers took the mound for both squads and the game lasted just seven-and-a-half innings. The game was played in traditional Spring Training format.   Nevada outhit the Aces 9-3.

Nevada Wolf Pack Baseball

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I look at life, the experiences I’ve had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.
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I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination.
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In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author… I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.
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It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me – they would not hear no for an answer.
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That has always been it for me: family first.
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The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book.
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Pending home sales, a forward-looking indicator based on signed contracts, fell 0.5% in February after a 2% increase in January. On a year-over-year basis, pending home sales are up 9.2%.

Retail sales fell 0.5% for the week ending March 24, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs index. On a year-over-year basis, retailers saw sales increase 2.7%.

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing price index — on a non-seasonally adjusted basis — fell 0.8% in January after a 1.1% decrease in December. On a year-over-year basis, prices fell 3.8% compared with January 2011.

Orders for durable goods — items expected to last three or more years — rose $4.5 billion or 2.2% to $211.8 billion in February. This follows a revised 3.6% decrease in January. Excluding volatile transportation-related goods, orders posted a monthly increase of 1.6%.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted composite index of mortgage applications for the week ending March 23 fell 2.7%. Refinancing applications decreased 4.6%. Purchase volume rose 3.3%.

The Commerce Department announced that gross domestic product — the total output of goods and services produced in the U.S. — increased at an annual rate of 3% in the fourth quarter of 2011. This follows a 1.8% pace of growth in the third quarter of 2011. On a year-over-year basis, the economy expanded 1.6%.

The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for March’s final reading rose to 76.2 from 75.3 in February. On a year-over-year basis, consumer sentiment is up 12.9%.

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RENO, Nev. -

Members of the Wolf Pack athletics department teamed up on Saturday morning to clean up Miguel Ribera Park as part of the “Give Back Like Jack” community pride campaign.

Saturday’s events and celebration wrapped up the first quarter of the kindness initiative. The day of service was held on the Saturday following the first official “Jack Reviglio Day” in Washoe County, to commemorate the accomplishments made during the first part of 2012 and to encourage residents to keep the kindness going.

Members of the Wolf Pack women’s basketball team, including head coach Jane Albright, assistant coach Kami Malnaa, freshman Emily Burns and alum Dellena Criner, and associate athletics director Rhonda Lundin swept the basketball courts and painted the picnic tables at the park as part of the celebration.

Nevada Athletics has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows, Bishop Manogue Catholic High School, Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada and Our Lady of the Snows to encourage residents to help create a sense of kindness and camaraderie in the community by performing random acts of kindness in honor of longtime Reno resident and philanthropist Jack Reviglio, who passed away in 2011. Throughout the campaign, Nevada handed out tickets to a men’s basketball game, threw out t-shirts and raised awareness about the campaign throughout its basketball season and had a free admission weekend at a baseball series.

“Give Back Like Jack” is a memorial to Reviglio who was so well known for his kindness and philanthropy throughout northern Nevada. Reviglio worked often with the five non-profit organizations that have created the initiative, whose mission is to continue spreading the kindness that was so often experienced thanks to Reviglio and his family.

Whether the activity consists of taking the neighbor’s trash to the curb, visiting a friend who is struggling with illness or patiently waiting for a pedestrian to cross the street, “Give Back Like Jack” encourages people to engage in small daily activities that positively affect a friend, family member, co-worker or even a perfect stranger. After completing the act, visit www.GiveBackLikeJack.org to tell the story on the blog page. Stories will be used as examples for other people to follow throughout the rest of the year.

For more information on Give Back Like Jack, visit www.GiveBackLikeJack.org or call 775-331-5437.

Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics

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Will be  held at Crosby Lodge on Pyramid Lake this weekend March 17th.   Registration at Crosby Lodge is available until 10:00 am on Saturday, March 17, 2012.   This year’s grand prize is a 2012 Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV valued at $9,500. Over $7,000 in additional cash & prizes will be awarded to the top 20 fisherman. The entry fee is $60.00. Which includes an official camouflage hat and a complimentary lunch at Crosby Lodge.

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Nevada Housing Division  (NHD) Down Payment & Closing Cost Loan
- Storey and Washoe County

Loan Terms

Product type

Financed 2nd mortgage

Repayment Terms of the Loan or Assistance

20-year amortizing, fixed-rate

Interest Rate of the Loan or Assistance

7.00%

Approved 1st Mortgage Products

FHA and VA only (Conventional first mortgage not eligible for DPA and RHS has suspended loan registrations)

May be combined with the following programs (if they also appear in these search results).

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Loan Terms

Product type

1st mortgage

Repayment Terms of the Loan or Assistance

30-year, fixed-rate, fully amortizing

Interest Rate of the Loan or Assistance

See website for current rates

Approved 1st Mortgage Products

FHA 203(b), streamline 203(k), VA, RHS, or Fannie Mae: My Community

Possible Recapture tax if home is sold or refinanced within first 9 years of ownership

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