Story Highlights: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Explosive Underwear Bomb Photo
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the guy who allegedly tried to blow up the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route to Detroit from Amsterdam is safely behind bars, but his terrorist attack momentum lives on.
To keep the hype up, ABC News got their hands on the photo of his explosive underwear aka underwear bomb he was wearing and wanted to detonate while aboard Flight 253.
The explosive underwear of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had a pocket sawn onto it in the crotch area.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: What We Know So Far (Update)
The pocket contained some powder – according to certain reports, there were 80 grams of the military explosive PETN there. Al Qaeda took credit for this attempted bombing, even though if I were Al Qaeda, I’d deny it. Who would want to be associated with failed terrorist act? I mean – if it was successful, then yes, but it didn’t work so why take credit? Read more here
Levi Johnston in custody battle calls Sarah Palin ‘extremely vindictive’
Levi Johnston’sPlaygirl photos won’t be as revealing as his rep has led them to be, a magazine spokesman tells Us. Read more here
An Alaska judge has ordered the proceedings in Bristol Palin’s child custody case to remain open, the Anchorage Daily Newsreports.
The Press Association Reports: The daughter of former vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has lost her bid to keep a bitter custody dispute over her year-old son confidential.
An Alaska judge denied Bristol Palin’s request to keep the hearing with Levi Johnston closed.
Ms Palin, 18, is seeking sole custody of her son, Tripp, and child support payments.
She had argued that the attention the case could attract would turn it into a “media circus” that potentially could cause her son embarrassment as he grows older.
“In this day and age of the internet, media stories remain available for years, even decades, after they are first published, and anything printed in the media (whether it is true or not) will be available to Tripp when he is old enough to read,” she said in an affidavit.
Levi Johnston, who is seeking joint custody, has pushed for open court proceedings, saying he “just wants a simple case on the merits”. Read full story here
Bristol Palin, 19, is seeking sole custody of 1-year-old son Tripp, who she shares with ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston, also 19. Read more here
Bristol Sheeran Marie Palin (born October 18, 1990) is the eldest daughter of former Alaska governor and former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Todd Palin. A teenage parent, she is now an advocate for abstinence and speaks out against teen pregancy.
On December 27, 2008, Palin gave birth to her son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.
Tylenol Recall: The Food and Drug Administration recalled Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplets with the EZ Open Cap (100 count) after some consumers complained of a musty, moldy smell and reported nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhea.
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TAG Heuer confirms today that it will continue its relationship with Golf n°1 Tiger Woods but will respect his desire of privacy by modifying his role in the coming months’ marketing programs.
(WIKI) Bristol Palin Legal battles with Levi Johnston
In November 2009 Palin filed a petition with the court to have sole custody of her son Trig and require Trig’s father, Levi Johnston, to maintain a visitation schedule. While Palin wanted the legal proceedings to be private, Johnston wanted the proceedings to be public, citing his fear of Palin’s mother, Sarah. The judge agreed with Johnston and the dispute became public in late December 2009. Read more here
Sarah Palin will be a guest speaker at the College of the Ozark on December 02, 2009.
Unlike past speeches which have been ridiculed by the media, the event will probably not receive the same type of backlash, but only because the former Alaskan Governors contract with the school prohibits any members of the media from attending the December 2nd speech in Springfield, Missouri. Read full story here
Associated Content: There’s an article on Newsbusters where the writer is all hot and bothered about Al Gore’s failing channel Current TV referring to Sarah Palin as a “Gun-Ho” and a “Twilf” in an over-the-top animated political cartoon.
The article describes the terms “Gun-Ho” and “Twilf” as being disgracefully and sexually-charged, and while this is definitely true for the former, it might not be so for the term “Twilf”, depending on what made-up definition you use. Read full story here
He says she neglected parenting and governorship duties in favor of money
He almost became a member of the Palin family, but Levi Johnston — who fathered former Gov. Sarah Palin’s grandchild with her daughter Bristol — isn’t holding back when it comes to spilling the Alaska clan’s secrets.
“There was a lot of talk of divorce in that house … times when Sarah and Todd would mention it and sound pretty serious,” says Johnston, who turns 19 this year. (Last month, the couple denied Internet rumors of a pending divorce.)
But that wasn’t all. In a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair in its October issue, out nationally Sept. 8, the teen says that the onetime vice-presidential nominee’s frequent self-description as a “hockey mom” who put family above career was far from the truth. Read full story here
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Former U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska.
Sarah Palin quit on her stool as governor of Alaska Sunday night, talking about leadership as she did. She clearly imagines herself to someday be the next President of the United States. Read more here
The 18-year-old daughter of former Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given birth. Sources reported that the 7lb., 4 oz., baby boy who arrived on Sunday is healthy. They named the baby Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.
Bristol Palin the teen age mother and boyfriend Levi Johnston are planning to marry in 2009. They have been dating for three years. The couple is said to be elated!