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Reality star Kourtney Kardashian has given birth to a baby girl.
On July 8, Kardashian and her long-time boyfriend Scott Disick welcomed their newborn at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Penelope Scotland Disick weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces.
In a statement to E!, Kardashian said, “We are forever blessed. Mommy and baby are resting comfortably.”
Penelope joins older brother Mason, who was born in 2009.
With a final vote of 21-16 the approval
of a high-speed rail plan was decided. The deal consisted of $8 billion in funding to being the construction process. the rail will connect San Francisco and Los Angeles. It will be over a 130-mile section through California’s agricultural area.
Democratic Governor Jerry Brown was in total favor of this plan. He believes it will create more jobs and help the highly popular state of California have less car and plane traffic. Along with Governor Brown, Unions too in support of this project. On the opposing side were the Republicans. They believe it is a waste of money that could be used other places such as healthcare or education.
Since the bill was approved the financing from the state and federal will include the issuance of $2.6 billion in state bonds, then $3.2 billion in federal funds. The federeal funds will help start the construction of the track in Central Valley. The construction is likely to being at the end of 2012, beginning of 2013. This bill was passed on Thursday with a 51-27 vote. It approves the spending of over $2 billion in federal, state, and local funds that will help start the building of the track in urban areas that will eventually connect statewide.
With California’s unemployment rate being 10.8 % this project will help that number decrease.
The project is expected to take decades to complete.
George Zimmerman was released from a Florida jail on Friday on $1 million bail. Zimmerman is charged
with second-degree murder for killing the late Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman left the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an electronic monitoring device according to the spokeswoman for the Seminole County Sheriff’s department.
Although this is not the first time Zimmerman was released from jail on bond, this time is much stricter.
Not to long ago Zimmerman’s official website set up a legal defense fund in his name and raised $20,000 in just 24 hours after the decision was made to grant Zimmerman bond for a second time.
The boy who was murdered, Trayvon Martin, was a young innocent teenager when he was killed. His parents believe that Zimmerman should be in jail but they will respect whatever the judge’s decisions may be. Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton is still hurting from the lost of her beloved son. Fulton says, “Trayvon was my baby and I usually get emotional just thinking about the situation, just to know that the killer of my son may walk free someday. It just really hurts.”
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester believed that Zimmerman and his wife would attempt to leave the country after he was released on bond from jail. This being the main reason Zimmerman was ordered to wear the electronic monitoring device once released.
The Zimmerman family knew they would not be able to make the bail of $1 million. His defense fund was at $211,000 as of last Thursday. But, before the donations were collected he owed $40,000 in just expenses. The man who manages the website, Shawn Vincent, said the largest donation overnight was $1,000. Although, the majority of donations were between $10 and $25.
Zimmerman’s release comes with a large set of rules he must obey. Along with wearing the electronic monitoring device he must remain in Seminole County, be no where near the ORlando-Sanford International Airport, he must not apply for a passport, cannot hold a bank account, no alcohol, and he must obey a curfew of 6pm to 6am.
According the defense website Zimmerman was taken to a temporary safe house and would once found he would move to the permanent safe house.
The killing of Trayvon Martin was on the night of February 26. He was shot to death in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. The killing effected many people around the country. Not only was the teen innocent but the guilty Zimmerman was not arrested at first because of the Florida law of “Stand Your Ground” that was claimed to be used by Zimmerman. He was then arrested for second-degree murder and would have 25 years to life in prison. His wife Shellie was charged with perjury in this case because he was working with Zimmerman to hide from the police a large amount of money, $135,000. This money was raised from the Zimmerman website and was deposited into his PayPal account.
