Though theU.S. drone strikes routinely killed al-Qaeda leaders and blew up terror cells, the network was still able to plot and carry out attacks. Two of the biggest recent plots were the attempt to bomb cargo planes in October 2010 and the plot to...

This is a stunning development. It is stunning because Detroit is the city where, on Thursday, a federal judge sentenced Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to life behind bars. Abdulmutallab is the infamous Underwear Bomber — the man who tried to blow up...

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January. “I ruined those plans for him,” Gioconda said with a chuckle. Instead, the couple soon got married and went east — John is originally from West Chester, Pa. “Long story short, John tried to get back into aviation and ended up working with...

She was married to Dale Robert (Bob) Scherer on April 2, 1949 in San Francisco, CA. Marietta held various positions with Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis/St. Paul drafting flight plans and with Rand McNally in San Francisco as an ocean cartographer...

The 25-year-old Nigerian was sentenced Thursday, having pleaded guilty in October to terrorism and attempted murder charges for his failed bid to down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 with a concealed explosive device. Nearly 300 people were aboard the...

This February 16 courtroom sketch shows U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmonds sentencing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man who tried blowing up a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day 2009, to life in prison. This February 16 courtroom sketch shows...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. The bomb fizzled...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty four months ago to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Had the bomb not fizzled,...

Nigerian-born Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, (picture) was the same remorseless man who four months ago pleaded guilty to all charges related to his attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb sewn into his...

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who has said he was on a suicide mission for al-Qaida, was the same defiant man who four months ago pleaded guilty to all charges related to Northwest Airlines Flight 253. He seemed to relish his mandatory sentence and...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. The bomb fizzled...

Thankfully, it did not work and he was subdued by passengers. On Thursday, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole, The trial before federal Judge Nancy Edmunds was an open platform for the suspect, passengers and crew of Northwest Airlines...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. The bomb fizzled...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty four months ago to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Had the bomb not fizzled,...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty four months ago to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Had the bomb not fizzled, the...

An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty four months ago to all charges related to the attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253. Had the bomb not fizzled, the...

Friday in the electronic court record for federal court in Detroit, where he was given the sentence. An email seeking comment was sent Friday to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty four months ago...

DETROIT - Defiantly declaring "a day of victory," a Nigerian man was given a mandatory life sentence Thursday for trying to blow up a packed jetliner with a bomb sewn into his underwear. People aboard the flight testified that the failed attack had...