By Christine Amario and John Valenti, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Dec.

By John Valenti and Rocco Parascandola, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Dec. 15--Seven children were injured, one 7-year-old girl critically, when a private passenger van not licensed to carry school-age children was struck Friday morning by a city bus in Queens, police said.

By John Valenti, Lauren Johnston an, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Aug.

By Wil Cruz And John Valenti, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jun. 15--An elderly man, lighting a morning cigarette in his kitchen, touched off a devastating explosion that destroyed his cape-style home and left him critically burned early yesterday in Franklin Square.