By DOUGLAS MONTERO

New York's efforts to end child abuse got a big boost last week when 340 "child-protective specialists" completed the Administration for Children's Services training. The...more >

By ANGELA MONTEFINISE

Planning a wedding is hard. Planning a wedding during an economic panic when the bride and groom both work in finance is nearly impossible. In July, Manhattan bride Joelle Garguilo lost her...more >

By JANON FISHER

A wealthy widow long suspected of ordering the murder of her millionaire husband 18 years ago is one step closer to being charged after prosecutors subpoenaed her divorce attorney, The Post has...more >

HOW REALTY SUPERSTAR DESCENDED INTO DRUG ADDICTION

By JAMES FANELLI and BRAD HAMILTON

Inside of a decade, multimillionaire Eric Hadar went from a small-time Realtor snapping up tiny, rundown Big Apple buildings to a superstar ty coon who shocked the in dustry in a mega-deal for the...more >

By ANGELA MONTEFINISE

Bronx native Katherine Tejada was on the fast track to the journalism career she always dreamed of. The 20-year-old Bronx resident - editor-in-chief of her high-school paper - took the first...more >

When little Julia Madrid was born seven months ago, her mom Randi Zuckerwise Madrid decided to do something special � make her homemade baby food. "I love to cook, and I wanted my baby to be...more >

SON, 10, THE SOLE SURVIVOR

By PERRY CHIARMONTE and ADAM NICHOLS

Thick smoke from a kitchen fire killed five members of a family yesterday after it blocked the only escape route from their Chelsea apartment. The only survivor - a 10-year-old boy - was...more >

BUS FIRMS FLOUT EMISSION LAWS

By ANGELA MONTEFINISE

Big Apple tour buses are brazenly swerving around city laws requiring greener emissions, a new report shows. The 11 sightseeing companies were supposed to retrofit their vehicles - including...more >

By LORENA MONGELLI and KELLY MAGEE

A college graduate who dreamed of becoming a nurse was gunned down in a drive-by shooting as she walked with friends to a Long Island party, police said yesterday. Danielle Calabrese, 20, of...more >

By MELISSA KLEIN

Some New York City doctors say they are facing their own financial meltdown, squeezed by a months-long delay in Medicare reimbursements. One Manhattan psychiatrist said he hadn't been paid...more >

By STEFANIE COHEN

A war profiteer who allegedly looted his body-armor company to fund a posh lifestyle has gone through a Who's Who of pricey defense lawyers - suing some, firing some, and driving others away...more >

By KATHIANNE BONIELLO and JOHN DOYLE

St. John's University suspended a priest from his job there yesterday - a day after his arrest for allegedly e-mailing homemade masturbation videos to someone he thought was a teenage boy in...more >

By CHRISTINA CARREGA and TIM PERONE

Two young men were fighting for their lives early this morning after a raging fire tore through a Brooklyn brownstone, officials said. Firefighters found the burned victims - one of whom was a...more >

By CYNTHIA R. FAGEN

Aziza and Alberto Chevez wanted nothing more than to have their baby girl, Athena, grow up in a happy home surrounded by love. So with a combined income of $40,000, the Bronx couple adopted...more >

Paul DiAgostino and Gino Vitali bought a 50-year-old Brooklyn pizzeria earlier this year and decided to breathe some new life into the Carroll Gardens landmark by plowing several hundred thousand...more >

TOILET LOCATOR ONLINE

By CYNTHIA R. FAGEN

Forgot to use the bathroom before you left the bar? Now you can find the nearest pit stop on your cellphone. The aptly, if somewhat disgustingly, named Diaroogle.com is a nifty search engine...more >

By JOSH SAUL and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN

It's a case of guns for butter, triggered by the fiscal crisis. Cash-strapped good Sa maritans yesterday an swered the Brooklyn DA's call to swap revolvers and rifles for $200 apiece...more >

By ANGELA MONTEFINISE and LORENA MONGELLI

A severely overcrowded Queens high school took top honors in the city's annual popularity contest. Despite being at almost double its 2,600-seat capacity, Francis Lewis HS in Flushing...more >

By REUVEN BLAU

A Rikers Island guard was fired last week on a charge of smuggling a scalpel to an accused killer and reputed gang leader, The Post has learned. Carlos Merwin, 27, was canned Wednesday, after a...more >

By KEITH J. KELLY

Two hundred people gathered at Calvary Cemetery in Queens yesterday to give Annie Moore - the first immigrant to set foot on Ellis Island - a proper burial, 84 years after she died. "This...more >

By GINGER ADAMS OTIS

It's the last tango in New York City for John McCain and Sarah Palin. The Republican duo will headline a Tuesday-night fund-raiser at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Midtown that will mark the...more >