FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Edward Royce, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. A harrowing nighttime flight over the African jungle and a wild search for a rebel leader helped forge a relationship between Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and Royce, two men standing at the forefront of Congress' changing guard on foreign policy. It was May 1997 and the lawmakers boarded a small plane to the African bush to plead with Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, about ordering his forces to put down their arms and end the Angolan civil war. Nearly 16 years later, the two are together again, collaborating as the new chairmen of the respective Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Edward Royce, R-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. A harrowing nighttime flight over the African jungle and a wild search for a rebel leader helped forge a relationship between Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and Royce, two men standing at the forefront of Congress' changing guard on foreign policy. It was May 1997 and the lawmakers boarded a small plane to the African bush to plead with Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, about ordering his forces to put down their arms and end the Angolan civil war. Nearly 16 years later, the two are together again, collaborating as the new chairmen of the respective Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2012, file photo, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J, speaks in Sayreville, N.J. A harrowing nighttime flight over the African jungle and a wild search for a rebel leader helped forge a relationship between Menendez and Republican Rep. Ed Royce, two men standing at the forefront of Congress' changing guard on foreign policy. It was May 1997 and the lawmakers boarded a small plane to the African bush to plead with Jonas Savimbi, leader of UNITA, about ordering his forces to put down their arms and end the Angolan civil war. Nearly 16 years later, the two are together again, collaborating as the new chairmen of the respective Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees.(AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress begins. Engel, elected in 1988, will be the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2012, file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., leave a news conference where they discussed the fiscal cliff on Capitol Hill in Washington. Corker will be the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee in the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the investigation of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. An Accountability Review Board's report indicates serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for the inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this April 11, 2011, file photo, then U.S. envoy Chris Stevens attends meetings at the Tibesty Hotel where an African Union delegation was meeting with opposition leaders in Benghazi, Libya. An independent review board is set to reveal its findings on the Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, a report the administration hopes will bolster its assertion that diplomats took all reasonable measures to anticipate and respond to the violence, and end months of finger-pointing and recriminations over whether the deaths could have been avoided. Diplomats and intelligence officers alike have testified to the rising risk in Benghazi and growing debate over how to improve security prior to the attack, set against Ambassadors Chris Stevens' decision to keep the Benghazi diplomatic post open and even visit there on Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pauses as he speaks to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the investigation of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. An Accountability Review Board's report indicates serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for the inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, Amy Cunninghis, left, and Karen Golinski, right, walk down a street near their home in San Francisco. All Golinski wanted was to enroll her spouse in her employer-sponsored health plan. Four years later, her request still is being debated. Because Golinski is married to another woman and she works for the federal government, her personal personnel problem has morphed into a multi-pronged legal attack by gay rights activists to overturn the 1996 law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, Amy Cunninghis, left, and Karen Golinski, pose at a park by their home in San Francisco. All Golinski wanted was to enroll her spouse in her employer-sponsored health plan. Four years later, her request still is being debated. Because Golinski is married to another woman and she works for the federal government, her personal personnel problem has morphed into a multi-pronged legal attack by gay rights activists to overturn the 1996 law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, Karen Golinski, left, and Amy Cunninghis, look over a photo album of their wedding photos in San Francisco. All Golinski wanted was to enroll her spouse in her employer-sponsored health plan. Four years later, her request still is being debated. Because Golinski is married to another woman and she works for the federal government, her personal personnel problem has morphed into a multi-pronged legal attack by gay rights activists to overturn the 1996 law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Nevada retail group projects 5.2 percent growth
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A trade organization is projecting retail sales in Nevada will increase 5.2 percent in 2013.
The projection released Tuesday by the Retail Association of Nevada is lower than the preliminary 7.3 percent growth in sales activity seen in 2012. But the 2013 projection is higher than the 3.4 percent national growth forecast by the National Retail Federation.
Nevada association President Mary Lau says economic indicators affecting retail sales have shown significant improvement in the last year. She says those trends are expected to continue.
Lau adds that consumers are gaining confidence in the economy, and that is translating into an increased willingness to spend money.
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