A week after the Concordia struck a reef off the island of Giglio, its half-million gallons of oil are in danger of leaking out and polluting some of the Mediterranean’s most unspoiled waters.

Only 9½ ounces at birth, Melinda Star Guido now weighs 4½ pounds. Doctors plan to monitor her for the next six years.

The Maine Sheriffs’ Association has launched an investigation into Sheriff Glenn Ross, who admits he leaked to his longtime friend Rev. Robert Carlson that he was under investigation for possible child abuse just hours before Carlson’s suicide.

The protest kicks off petition drives for a constitutional amendment to overturn a 2010 court ruling that allows corporations to spend huge amounts on political campaigns.