REGION'S REAL ESTATE SALES FALL 18% IN 1ST QUARTER.(BUSINESS)

Byline: JAMES DENN Business writer

ALBANY Real estate sales in the Capital Region fell nearly 18 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the same period last year. Concerns by potential buyers about the impact that pending cuts in state government will have on the economy led sales to drop to the lowest level in three years.

But real estate professionals remained upbeat about the prospects for improvement later in the year.

``It's really just a knee-jerk reaction to the budget thing,'' said William Sarris, principal broker with Remax Commercial Properties in Albany. ``It's fear, not reality. When the fear passes, the market will burst because of pent-up demand.''

In the quarter, $252.3 million worth of commercial and residential real estate was sold in the four-county area, down from $306.9 million in …

Massive hyperdiploidy and tetraploidy are rare in AML.

2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Massive hyperdiploidy and tetraploidy define a prognostically unfavorable cytogenetic group in de novo acute myelocytic leukemia (AML).

According to published research from the United States, "Massive hyperdiploidy (>50 chromosomes) and tetraploidy (4n) are rare cytogenetic abnormalities in myelocytic malignancies, and their significance is unknown."

"We report on 11 patients with AML and 2 patients with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with massive hyperdiploidy (10 patients) or tetraploidy (3 patients) seen at our institution over a 12-year period," wrote R.V. Iyer and colleagues, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, …

Landslide kills 3 people in Bosnia

TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A landslide unleashed by heavy rain has killed three people and left several families homeless in the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla.

Neighbors told The Associated Press that they rescued one man but could not help his wife, teenage son and the boy's …

Hacker deserves no praise

The dictionary defines a hacker as a talented amateur user ofcomputers; however, due to the havoc caused by computer viruses andworms, hacking brings negative connotations to my mind. A computerhacker these days seems to be someone who is trying to break througha system for some personal purpose. Hacking is an offense punishableby the law.

I find it disturbing that your paper would glorify a hacker withsuch large headlines and almost full-page coverage (Oct. 24). Whydid Peter Zelchenko hack into the Chicago Board of Elections Website in the first place -- which, by his account, was three …

BEST OF OUR BLOGS.(Capital Region)

At least 12 local rescue groups and shelters are taking part in an adoption clinic 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Curtis Lumber in Ballston Spa, with greatly reduced fees. (Plus, you can meet WTEN weather guy Steve Caporizzo!) WTEN's Pet Connection and Curtis Lumber will pay up to $75 in adoption fees for all …

ART ON THE WATERFRONT.(TRAVEL-BOOKS)

Byline: STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press

If all goes as planned, sometime next spring this city which nicknamed itself the ``Hub'' of all things cultural will break ground on its first new art museum in a century.

The Institute of Contemporary Art -- long a funky outpost in Boston's small, staid constellation of art museums -- is scheduled to throw open the doors of a sparkling new, four-story museum on the city's waterfront in 2006, heralding what it hopes is a new era of support for cutting-edge arts.

The 62,000-square-foot building is designed to triple the space of the museum's current lodgings. It will include:

A 300-seat theater, whose glass walls can be adjusted for light -- from opaque to translucent to transparent revealing harbor views -- to meet particular performance needs; an open grandstand facing the water; and an 18,000-square-foot gallery, clad in translucent glass planks and illuminated at night, that cantilevers out over a public walkway along the waterfront.

A 165-square-foot glass elevator with views of the water will shuttle …

Cree.(TRIANGLE)

DURHAM -- Cynthia Merrell, 44, will resign as chief financial officer of semiconductor maker Cree by February 2006, sooner if a replacement is found. …