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By Ken Sweet The Associated Press NEW YORK » After two days of declines, stocks were mov- ing higher in midday trad- ing Friday following news that U.S. consumer spend- ing rose the most in three months in February. Tech stocks were recovering af- ter a week of losses. Keeping score The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,863 as of 12:26 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones industrial aver - age rose 120 points, or 0.7 percent, to 16,383 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 49 points, or 1.2 percent, to 4,200. Start me up The biggest gainer in the Dow was Microsoft, which rose 98 cents, or 3 percent, to $40.34. The company an - nounced Thursday that it was bringing Microsoft Office to the iPad and would shift its focus away from Windows. Spending unfrozen Investors were encour- aged by news that Ameri- cans picked up their spend- ing last month, a hopeful sign for an economy that has been slowed by months of severe winter weather. The Commerce Department said consumer spending inched up 0.3 percent, a hair short of economists' forecasts. In - comes rose at the same pace. Other markets The yield on the 10-year Treasur y note hovered around 2.72 percent, up from 2.69 percent Thursday. The price of crude oil edged up 31 cents to $101.60 a barrel. Gold was little changed at $1,292.40 an ounce. Wall StREEt Stocks make gains as Americans open their wallets By lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press WaSHINGtON » The Penta- gon plans to more than tri- ple its cybersecurity staff in the next few years to defend against Internet attacks that threaten national security, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday. Hagel's comments at the Na - tional Security Agency head- quarters in suburban Wash- ington come as he prepares to visit China next week, where officials are likely to challenge him amid reports of aggres - sive U.S. cyber spying. The Pentagon has been recruiting outside talent for the work as well as encour - aging people already in the military to train for the jobs. By 2016, the Pentagon should have 6,000 cyber profession - als, Hagel said. SECuRItY Pentagon to triple cyber staff to thwart attacks Washington 57/45 New York 51/46 Miami 85/72 Atlanta 68/39 Detroit 39/23 Houston 78/50 Chicago 42/26 Minneapolis 41/33 Kansas City 60/40 El Paso 76/53 Denver 70/39 Billings 62/36 Los Angeles 69/57 San Francisco 61/50 Seattle 55/42 AIR QUALITY FORECAST What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people; 151+: Unhealthy for all. Source: Airnow.gov City Today's air quality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Europe Africa Carson City Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollen levels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) 11+: Extreme 8-10: Very high 6-7: High 3-5: Moderate 0-2: Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hours of sunlight River Levels Sacramento River Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: SUNDAY 62° 43° MONDAY 50° 43° A co uple of aft ernoon t‑storms Mostly cloudy , sho we rs around TUESDAY 51° 38° Mostly cloudy , sho we rs around WEDNESDAY 59° 44° Wa rmer with clouds and sun TODAY 62° 46° Rain. Cloudy with a couple of showers tonight. High ....................................................................... 62° Low ........................................................................ 53° Normal high ......................................................... 67° Normal low ........................................................... 44° Record high ............................................. 84° in 1968 Record low .............................................. 32° in 1972 Humidity noon today ........................................ 67% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................ Trace Month to date ................................................... 2.23" Normal month to date ..................................... 3.02" Season to date ................................................ 10.56" Normal season to date .................................. 21.08" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................... Not available Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ............................................. Not available Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ....................... Low Mold ......................... Low Trees ...................... High Weeds ................ Absent 3 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 6:58 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 6:11 a.m. 6:43 p.m. Sunday 6:57 a.m. 7:31 p.m. 6:46 a.m. 7:52 p.m. 12 hr., 32 min. Mar 30 New Apr 7 First Full Apr 15 Last Apr 22 at Bend Bridge 27 1.20 -0.30 at Hamilton City 148 129.10 +0.20 at Ord Ferry 114 96.80 +0.20 at Red Bluff Diversion Dam 253 238.10 -0.10 at Tehama Bridge 213 200.50 -0.10 Lake Shasta...................962.88 2,097,390 46.1% Lake Trinity .................2285.14 1,293,927 48.9% Weather Trivia ™ What classic film featured a Kansas twister? The Wizard of Oz. Today Sunday Anaheim 71/56/pc 68/54/sh Bakersfield 77/54/pc 68/50/pc Chula Vista 70/57/pc 68/55/pc Crescent City 53/41/sh 53/42/sh Death Valley 89/71/pc 83/55/pc Eureka 55/40/sh 54/40/sh Fremont 62/49/r 61/46/pc Fresno 75/50/pc 66/48/pc Glendale 70/53/pc 68/51/sh Huntington Beach 66/56/pc 65/54/sh Irvine 68/59/pc 68/53/sh Lake Tahoe 46/28/sn 41/24/sf Long Beach 69/57/pc 68/53/sh Los Angeles 69/57/pc 70/54/sh Mammoth Mountain 52/27/sn 45/24/sf Modesto 68/51/r 67/47/pc Monterey 62/51/r 59/47/pc Moreno Valley 73/51/pc 66/46/pc Napa 61/45/r 62/43/sh Needles 86/64/pc 80/55/pc Oakland 61/51/r 61/49/sh Oxnard 63/52/pc 64/47/sh Redding 62/43/r 60/42/sh Riverside 74/49/pc 67/43/pc Sacramento 62/47/r 64/44/pc San Bernardino 73/53/pc 67/48/pc San Diego 68/60/pc 67/57/pc San Francisco 61/50/r 60/48/sh San Jose 63/49/r 63/47/pc San Luis Obispo 67/49/pc 64/44/pc Santa Ana 69/59/pc 69/53/sh Santa Barbara 68/54/pc 67/47/pc Santa Clarita 71/49/pc 67/51/sh Stockton 63/48/r 67/44/pc Ventura 64/52/pc 64/47/sh Yosemite Valley 62/44/r 57/36/c Today Sunday Albuquerque 67/45/s 74/44/pc Atlanta 68/39/r 66/42/s Baltimore 58/45/r 50/36/r Boston 47/43/r 44/38/r Buffalo 37/25/sn 41/27/c Chicago 42/26/pc 60/39/s Cincinnati 44/26/r 55/35/s Dallas 76/46/s 80/57/s Denver 70/39/s 75/38/pc Detroit 39/23/c 48/33/s El Paso 76/53/s 85/61/pc Fargo 45/29/pc 40/14/c Honolulu 81/71/sh 83/71/pc Houston 78/50/pc 75/52/pc Indianapolis 44/27/sn 57/39/s Kansas City 60/40/s 79/52/s Las Vegas 79/64/pc 70/55/pc Louisville 48/31/r 61/40/s Miami 85/72/sh 81/64/pc Minneapolis 41/33/s 53/37/pc New Orleans 74/54/pc 69/51/pc New York City 51/46/r 49/38/r Oklahoma City 71/42/s 78/51/s A large storm will bring unsettled weather to much of the eastern third of the nation today. In the zone of warm, humid air, locally severe thunderstorms will stretch from southern Virginia to northern Florida. Some of the storms can bring damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes. Soaking rain will fall from part of the Tennessee Valley to southern New England and will spread northward later in the day. Enough rain can fall to cause flooding problems. Wet snow will fall on the northwest fringe of the storm. Much of the Plains will have a dry day. High ............................. 97° in McAllen, TX Low ........................ -8° in Crane Lake, MN High ........................ 111° in Abeche, Chad Low ... -42° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 69/48/t 65/48/pc Buenos Aires 82/66/pc 73/55/r Caracas 90/72/s 90/72/s Ensenada 75/53/pc 69/50/pc Mexico City 82/54/pc 76/56/pc Montreal 39/27/pc 37/27/sn Rio de Janeiro 84/73/pc 86/75/pc Tijuana 70/56/pc 68/52/pc Toronto 39/25/c 44/27/c Vancouver 51/44/sh 50/40/sh Orlando 83/64/t 77/52/s Philadelphia 52/45/r 48/37/r Phoenix 85/64/s 84/59/pc Pittsburgh 46/32/r 50/30/pc Portland, ME 48/36/pc 40/35/r Portland, OR 58/43/sh 55/41/sh St. Louis 57/35/pc 71/47/s Salt Lake City 68/45/pc 56/34/r Seattle 55/42/sh 52/38/sh Tucson 83/56/s 84/55/c Washington, DC 57/45/r 49/37/r Cairo 87/57/s 77/58/s Casablanca 62/48/sh 69/49/s Johannesburg 72/50/c 75/53/pc Kinshasa 87/75/t 88/73/t Lagos 87/77/t 88/77/t Nairobi 84/59/c 85/61/pc Tripoli 74/54/s 74/56/pc Baghdad 89/63/s 79/52/c Beijing 72/48/s 72/51/s Hong Kong 79/71/c 78/70/t Jerusalem 76/48/s 62/45/pc Kabul 60/37/s 65/40/c Manila 94/77/s 92/77/s Melbourne 80/57/pc 82/60/pc New Delhi 88/63/pc 88/63/pc Seoul 64/46/r 68/43/s Singapore 92/77/t 91/76/t Sydney 80/68/pc 79/66/t Tehran 66/53/s 63/49/t Tokyo 69/52/pc 62/54/r Amsterdam 62/44/pc 64/46/pc Athens 65/49/pc 62/46/s Belgrade 63/45/s 67/43/s Berlin 65/39/s 64/40/pc Budapest 65/38/s 65/43/s Dublin 51/43/r 54/46/pc London 63/46/pc 66/51/pc Madrid 59/41/sh 59/45/c Moscow 37/28/pc 46/29/c Paris 65/44/pc 69/47/c Rome 66/47/s 67/47/pc Stockholm 54/37/pc 49/32/pc Vienna 63/43/s 67/45/s Zurich 66/36/s 67/37/pc 55/32 65/38 59/38 57/33 63/38 62/47 62/45 61/45 59/41 62/44 62/44 49/33 52/31 51/32 62/43 62/46 56/36 56/45 55/46 55/40 58/39 51/33 58/32 53/41 58/31 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 Spotlight Highlighting selected Tehama County businesses for their customer and community service! 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