Revenue rose 13 percent to $186.1 million from $164.3 million, also topping the $170.8 million expected by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

Shares of Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Quest rose 84 cents, or 4.4 percent, to $20.09 in afternoon trading. Earlier, the stock hit a 52-week high of $20.70.

The company earned $17.4 millio]]> Virtualization technology lets one computer or server act as multiple machines, cutting down hardware and energy costs.

Revenue rose 13 percent to $186.1 million from $164.3 million, also topping the $170.8 million expected by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

Shares of Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Quest rose 84 cents, or 4.4 percent, to $20.09 in afternoon trading. Earlier, the stock hit a 52-week high of $20.70.

The company earned $17.4 million, or 19 cents per share, down 15 percent from a profit of $20.5 million,Boss, or 21 cents per share,Lyle&Scott, in the same period a year earlier. But excluding stock option expenses and certain other costs, Quest earned 32 cents per share in the latest quarter, surpassing Wall Street’s 28-cent estimate.

NEW YORK – Shares of Quest Software Inc. got a boost Friday after the business software maker posted better-than-expected second-quarter results.

Standard & Poor’s equity analyst Zaineb Bokhari upgraded Quest’s shares to “Buy” from “Hold” Friday and said the company is in a good position to take advantage of Windows migration (the shift to Windows 7 from older versions) as well as the growth in virtualization and identity management software.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Two former employees of a U.S. Department of Education contractor in Iowa have pleaded guilty to illegally viewing President Barack Obama's student loan records.

Julie Kline of Ainsworth, Iowa, pleaded guilty Friday to exceeding authorized computer access. Gary Grenell of Iowa City pleaded guilty to the charge July 12. Both face up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Two former employees of a U.S. Department of Education contractor in Iowa have pleaded guilty to illegally viewing President Barack Obama’s student loan records.

Julie Kline of Ainsworth, Iowa, pleaded guilty Friday to exceeding authorized computer access. Gary Grenell of Iowa City pleaded guilty to the charge July 12. Both face up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Diane Zitner, listed as Grenell’s attorney in court records,Burberry, declined comment. A telephone message left for Kline’s attorney wasn’t immediately returned.

They were among nine former employees of Vangent Inc. accused of viewing Obama’s student loan records between 2007 and 2009.

Three other defendants have pleaded guilty, and four are scheduled for trial.

Rangel is tied for fourth in House seniority, having served for 40 years. He's still vigorous at 80 years old. He had substantial influence as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which handles taxes, trade, portions of health care, Medicare and Social Securi]]> The 42-member Congressional Black Caucus has warned Democrats against a rush to judgment, and any lawmaker with a significant African-American constituency must consider whether it’s worth asking Rangel to quit.

Rangel is tied for fourth in House seniority, having served for 40 years. He’s still vigorous at 80 years old. He had substantial influence as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which handles taxes, trade, portions of health care, Medicare and Social Security.

The investigators looked at Rangel’s misuse of his office for fundraising, failure to disclose income, belated payment of taxes and possible help with a tax shelter for a company whose chief executive was a major donor.

Eight House lawmakers who will determine guilt or innocence of the former committee chairman will hold their first meeting Thursday. A number of Democrats considering calls for the New York Democrat to resign will get their first look at the allegations.

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Associated Press writer Ann Sanner contributed to this report.

“I think everyone is looking forward to getting all the facts out in the open and people will have to react once we know what we’re dealing with,” said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill.

Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho, a freshman who got 51 percent of the vote last time, called for resignation if the charges are proven.

Rangel stepped down from that post in March after the ethics committee criticized him in a separate case, saying he should have known that corporate money paid for two trips to Caribbean conferences.

However, some Democratic House members in close races may think it’s more important to distance themselves from Rangel. They don’t want to have to answer negative Republican ads about Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise to wipe Congress clean of ethical misdeeds.

Rangel’s attorney has been negotiating with nonpartisan lawyers for the House ethics committee. Any agreement would have to be approved by Rangel and ethics committee members.

WASHINGTON – A jury of Rep. Charles Rangel’s congressional peers is ready to publicly discuss charges of ethical misdeeds. But the political discussions outside the room will be far more significant.

The four Democrats and four Republicans acting as judges are holding their organizational meeting for an ethics trial that many Democrats hope will go away. That could only happen if Rangel negotiates a plea bargain, admitting to substantial violations, or resigns. Punishment could range from a report criticizing his conduct to a reprimand or censure by the House,Iceberg, or a vote to expel him — which is highly unlikely.

Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio, a second-term lawmaker who received 65 percent of the vote two years ago, said Rangel needs to resign to preserve the public’s trust in Congress.

Two Democrats didn’t wait to hear the charges.

If a trial is held, it probably would begin in September. Congress adjourns for its August recess after this week.

Rangel has repeatedly said he looked forward to a public discussion of the allegations. A four-member investigating panel, with separate members from the judging subcommittee, brought the charges after a two-year investigation.

“Depends on what the settlement is,” Rangel said, when asked whether he was likely to approval a deal negotiated by his lawyer.

“The focus right now is let’s get out of here,” said Rep. William Delahunt,Ralph Lauren, D-Mass.

Prosecutors at Taylor's trial in The Hague have summoned Campbell to testify later this month about reports that she received diamonds from Taylor during a 1997 reception in South Africa.

LONDON – Fashion model Naomi Campbell says she will testify at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

Taylor is accused of supporting the rebels in Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war in exchange for diamonds and other natur]]>

Prosecutors at Taylor’s trial in The Hague have summoned Campbell to testify later this month about reports that she received diamonds from Taylor during a 1997 reception in South Africa.

LONDON – Fashion model Naomi Campbell says she will testify at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

Taylor is accused of supporting the rebels in Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war in exchange for diamonds and other natural resources. He denies trading in the so-called “blood diamonds.”

The Outside Organization,D&G, a public relations company that represents Campbell,Abercrombie swimwear, announced on Friday that Campbell would testify. Her appearance is scheduled for July 29.

Carl Rusnok, an ICE spokesman, said Secure Communities is a way for law enforcement to identify illegal immigrants after their arrest at no additional cost to local jurisdictions. Jones agreed.

The program has gotten less attention than Arizona's new immigration law, but it may end up having a bigger impact because of its potential to round up and deport so many immigrants nationwide.

After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again.

He took a deep breath and his hand trembled as he fired an index finger — the trademark gesture by the rider nicknamed "El Pistolero" — to fans after donning the yellow jersey one more time.

During the ra]]> PAUILLAC, France – Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow.

After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again.

He took a deep breath and his hand trembled as he fired an index finger — the trademark gesture by the rider nicknamed “El Pistolero” — to fans after donning the yellow jersey one more time.

During the race, Schleck was hindered by the withdrawal of his older brother and teammate. Frank Schleck broke his collarbone in a crash over the cobblestones in the third stage along the Belgian-French border.

“Beating Contador is not easy, but I tried everything,” Schleck said. “I am happy, and I’ll come back next year to win.”

Now Contador surely gets to wear yellow on the Champs-Elysees. And as the unquestioned leader of his sport at 27 years old, he remains on track for a possible challenge to Lance Armstrong’s record of seven Tour wins.

“Today I was not feeling so well: I didn’t sleep well, I had a stomachache,” Contador said through a translator, before adding: “Eventually, things went pretty well.”

“I think it’s the first Tour that has given me so much emotion, you can’t imagine,” he said.

“I am very moved … It was a difficult Tour and I’m very happy,” a tearful Contador said.

“I think I did the best time-trial of my cycling life so far,” he added.

“Cycling is not like mathematics. There are moments when you are very well-prepared and everything runs smoothly. But this year, maybe I was not in the best shape really,” he said.

The Spaniard all but captured his third title in four years Saturday by holding off a full-bore challenge from his main rival, Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, in a 32-mile individual time trial in the next-to-last stage. Sunday’s ride into Paris is a mostly ceremonial affair.

Contador will have won the Tour without winning a stage. He’ll become the first champion to have done that since Greg LeMond of the U.S. won the last of his three titles in 1990 — not counting 2006 — when Oscar Pereiro of Spain inherited his title only after American Floyd Landis lost it for doping.

Schleck, who is poised to finish second to Contador for the second straight year, had no regrets.

Barring a wild turn of events, Contador awaits a coronation in the 20th and final stage on Sunday — a 64-mile ride from Longjumeau to the famed Paris thoroughfare. Any attempted attacks by riders would likely be quashed by Contador and his Astana teammates.

Contador wasn’t in top form, but did what he had to. The defending champion extended his lead over Schleck from eight seconds to 39 in a stage won by Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland.

The 39-second margin is exactly the time that Schleck lost to Contador in the controversial 15th stage on Monday. That’s when the Luxembourg rider’s bike chain became entangled in a final Pyrenean climb — and Contador sped on.

Some called it a breach of cycling’s often-unclear etiquette, which calls for riders to respect the yellow jersey — Schleck was wearing it then — in times of uncontrollable mishaps like a crash.

That day, Contador took the jersey and has worn it since.

Schleck was at first angered over Contador’s move to bolt ahead, but he later appealed to fans not to jeer the Spaniard. The two riders have vacationed together and Schleck calls him a friend.

Saturday’s stage seemed destined for drama: Riders set off one by one down a starter’s ramp for a race against the clock and the podium positions on the line.

It was the final showdown in a race that’s been a two-man battle since Schleck took the yellow jersey in the Alps in the ninth stage. A day earlier, Armstrong — once a possible contender — fell from contention after crashing and struggling in two Alpine climbs.

“We had suspense until the last moment,” Tour director Christian Prudhomme said.

Long written off as not being among the best in time trials, Schleck and many in cycling believed he would need the time trial of his life, or for Contador to have a really bad day or encounter some mishap.

At the first time check Saturday, 11 miles, Schleck erased two seconds off the deficit to Contador, though both men were still about 90 seconds behind Cancellara.

But by the second and third time checks, Contador gained speed and momentum on his rival. By the second check, 22, miles, he was seven seconds faster. By the third, near the finish, he led by 17 seconds.

“Everybody knows it was not like last year when Contador was just better than me,” Schleck said. “In the climbs, we were pretty equal. But it’s three weeks and the time all counts.”

Cancellara, one of the world’s top time-trial riders, was 17 seconds ahead of Tony Martin of Germany. Bert Grabsch of Germany was third, 1 minute, 48 seconds behind the winner. Contador was 35th, 5:43 back, while Schleck finished 44th, 6:14 behind Cancellara.

Denis Menchov of Russia, who won the 2009 Giro d’Italia, overtook Samuel Sanchez of Spain to wrest third place overall. Menchov began the day in fourth, 21 seconds behind Sanchez. The Russian finished 11th — 3:51 back of Cancellara while Sanchez was 40th, 5:51 behind. Overall, Menchov now trails Contador by 2:01, and Sanchez fell to fourth, trailing his compatriot by 3:40.

Armstrong is set to go out with a whimper in his last Tour. The 38-year-old Texan once dominated time trials. But he finished Saturday’s stage in 67th place, 7:05 back of Cancellara. Overall, he is 23rd — 39:20 behind Contador, his former teammate and rival.

Armstrong returned to a RadioShack team car and left without speaking to reporters after the stage.

In last year’s Tour, tensions flared between Contador and Armstrong,Evisu, who finished third in his Tour comeback after four years of retirement from the race he dominated from 1999 to 2005. Now, the two enjoy a “mutual respect,” Contador said.

Armstrong still can walk away with pride: His RadioShack squad is set to win the team competition.

In the other race categories — assuming the riders and teams finish Sunday — France’s Anthony Charteau has clinched the polka-dot jersey for the race’s best climber. Schleck, 25, will take home the white jersey for being the best young Tour rider for a third consecutive year.

The last question concerns the green jersey, which is given to the best sprinter. Alessandro Petacchi,Abercrombie shoes, a 36-year-old Italian, looks likely to win that shirt.

After more than 2,175 miles of racing, Contador is poised for another narrow victory. In 2007, when he won for the first time, he beat Australia’s Cadel Evans by only 23 seconds. In that Tour, the tightest in the race’s 107-year history, American rider Levi Leipheimer was third, 31 seconds behind the Spaniard.

This edition is set to become only the fifth Tour decided by less than a minute. The record is the eight seconds — by LeMond over Laurent Fignon of France in 1989.

The result has fanned Schleck’s confidence for a fight another day.

“Unfortunately it was not enough to beat Alberto, but he was pretty exhausted at the end,” he said. “I think we had a nice fight out there between him and me today. I’ll be back to win this.”

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Associated Press Writer Naomi Koppel contributed to this report.

Contador acknowledged this wasn’t his best Tour.

"With all due deference, I have a man here fighting for his life," Sam Adam Jr. angrily told Zagel outside the presence of the jury. "I can't effectively represent him. I can't follow your order ... I will go jail on this."

After court adjourned, Adam told reporter]]> “I’ve got this thing and it’s (expletive) golden,” he recalled Blagojevich saying on one of dozens of phone calls secretly recorded by the FBI. “I’m just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing.”

“With all due deference, I have a man here fighting for his life,” Sam Adam Jr. angrily told Zagel outside the presence of the jury. “I can’t effectively represent him. I can’t follow your order … I will go jail on this.”

After court adjourned, Adam told reporters that prosecutors did not call dozens of potential witnesses, including now-convicted influence peddler Antoin “Tony” Rezko, and “the jury should know that.” He said he did not know what he would do on Tuesday.

Hours after prosecutors summed up their case against the disgraced former Illinois governor, Judge James B. Zagel sent the jury home early after attorney Sam Adam Jr. complained the judge was gutting his closing arguments.

In methodical tones, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Niewoehner laid out the government’s allegations of how Blagojevich tried to “shake down” everyone from a racetrack owner to a children’s hospital executive to President-elect Barack Obama, whose vacated Senate seat he allegedly sought to exchange for money or a job.

“You don’t have to be a successful criminal to be a criminal,” he said.

Niewoehner opened his remarks by repeating the most famous phrase of the seven-week trial, a quote that will be forever associated with Blagojevich.

CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich’s defense attorney clashed with the judge Monday over his planned closing arguments, pledging to go to jail if he is prohibited from telling jurors about witnesses that prosecutors never called.

“You will follow that order because if you don’t follow that order you will be in contempt of court,” Zagel told Adam, known for his theatrical courtroom style.

Neiwoehner also told the jurors that that Blagojevich need not have made money nor gotten a high-profile job in order for his alleged schemes to be illegal — a pre-emptive shot at the arguments Blagojevich’s attorneys are sure to make, that he did not make any money or turn the appointment into a new life for himself.

Prosecutors spent the day hammering the message that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald voiced from the day Blagojevich was arrested in December 2008: That the governor of Illinois was involved in a “political crime spree.”

Niewoehner described Blagojevich as desperate for money, in large part because of his own lavish spending on himself and his wife and his mounting legal bills. That desperation showed in late 2008, the prosecutor said, when Blagojevich saw the Senate appointment as a way to get himself an ambassadorship to India, a seat in Obama’s cabinet or another high-paying job.

“My job as a lawyer is to do everything I can for my client, and if (going to jail) is what it takes, if it’s necessary, in a heartbeat,” Adam said, recalling that his attorney father once went to jail for a client.

As Niewoehner described the sometimes profanity-laced language on FBI wiretap tapes, Blagojevich showed little emotion, sometimes biting his lip or rocking slightly in his defense table chair.

For the first time, he was joined in court by his two daughters — Amy, 14, and Annie, 7. His wife sat a few feet to his left holding their youngest on her lap, sometimes handing her pieces of candy.

Blagojevich, 53, has pleaded not guilty to scheming to trade or sell Obama’s old Senate seat and illegally pressuring people for campaign contributions. If convicted, he could face up to $6 million in fines and a sentence of 415 years in prison, though he is sure to get much less time under federal guidelines.

The former governor’s brother, Nashville, Tenn., businessman Robert Blagojevich, 54, has pleaded not guilty to taking part in the alleged scheme to sell the Senate seat and plotting to illegally pressure a businessman for a campaign contribution.

Robert Blagojevich’s attorney,Tommy, Michael Ettinger, said in his closing argument that jurors never heard any testimony linking his client’s fundraising to demands for anything in exchange.

“Raising campaign funds is not illegal. It is not against the law,” he said.

Earlier Monday, prosecutors dropped one of five counts against Robert Blagojevich, a count of wire fraud. They said the count pertained to a Dec. 4, 2008 phone call that he did not take part in directly.

Adam, who was credited with helping win the acquittal of R&B singer R.Kelly two years ago on child pornography charges, had been expected to deliver a booming closing argument uncommon in Chicago’s staid Dirken Federal Courthouse. Before his clash with the judge,Gucci, he said that the defense’s message to jurors would be simple:

“First and foremost, the government has proved nothing,” he told the Associated Press said over the weekend.

The prosecutor argued that Blagojevich indeed profited from a scheme in which his wife, Patti, was paid by Rezko for real estate work that she allegedly did not do. He said the payments stopped soon after the FBI began investigating one of the governor’s confidants.

The judge said he was giving the defense attorney the night to rework his closing arguments, and said Adam could designate another defense attorney to give the closing Tuesday if he could not follow the rules.

“That dirty scheme was the culmination of years of dirty schemes,” he said.

Monday’s action came just five days after Blagojevich announced he would not testify in his own defense, despite months of promises. His defense team promptly rested without calling a single witness, accelerating a seven-week trial that had been expected to last all summer.

Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N., Jorge Valero, said he had rejected an offer from Ban to help resolve the feud.

"We said that those lamentable realities had to be treated bilaterall]]> "We have no intention of engaging a military action against Venezuela," U.S. State Department spokesman Phillip Crowley told reporters on Monday. "Rather than posturing, it would be much more constructive for Venezuela to engage directly, answer these questions."

Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N., Jorge Valero, said he had rejected an offer from Ban to help resolve the feud.

"We said that those lamentable realities had to be treated bilaterally," Valero said, adding he hoped Santos would not lend himself to the warmongering plans of Uribe and the United States.

Santos has been muted about the latest rift with Caracas, but his incoming finance minister said on Monday that one of the new government's top priorities would be re-establishing trade. Juan Carlos Echeverry said the priority would be "re-establishing a major part of commerce in the shortest possible time."

Colombia's office of the presidency said in a statement on Monday that the government was studying ways to help affected areas, including reducing requirements for free-trade zones and alleviating taxes.

Colombia's trade ministry said Bogota was studying ways to help affected areas, including making requirements for investing in free trade zones in four frontier states more flexible, and temporarily reducing the IVA tax.

Colombia's central bank estimates that exports to Venezuela will fall to $1.2 billion this year from $4 billion in 2009 and more than $6 billion in 2008.

(Additional reporting by Nelson Bocanegra and Jack Kimball; Writing by Stuart Grudgings; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Stacey Joyce)

About 1,000 National Guard soldiers arrived in the border region over the weekend and were reinforcing posts along the 1,375-mile (2,200-km) long frontier, said Franklin Marquez, a regional commander for the National Guard.

Jose Rozo, the president of a business group in the border state of Tachira, said cross-border trade in several frontier towns had plunged by about 60 percent in the past three days.

Outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe triggered the latest spat with his long-time leftist foe Chavez when he accused him of allowing outlawed Colombian guerrillas to operate bases inside Venezuelan territory. Colombia presented photos, videos and maps to the Organization of American States to back its charges.

Bilateral trade with Colombia, once at $7 billion annually, has plummeted since Chavez ordered a freeze on trade last year to protest a deal allowing U.S. forces to use Colombian bases.

The border region has remained calm and most analysts believe a military clash is unlikely between the nations, which have often squabbled over border security and guerrillas. But border skirmishes are possible in a volatile region plagued by clashing ideologies and drug trafficking.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and other regional leaders are due to visit Caracas prior to Santos' inauguration,G-sta, which Chavez will not attend.

President-elect Juan Manuel Santos will take over from Uribe on August 7 and is expected to work to salvage trade and diplomatic ties, although he shares the current president's conservative views and suspicion of Chavez.

The United States urged Chavez, an outspoken standard-bearer for socialism and anti-U.S. sentiment in Latin America, to address Colombia's charges that 1,500 Colombian rebels are camped out in Venezuela.

SAN CRISTOBAL,G-Star, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela said it beefed up its troop presence along the border with Colombia as its neighbor's incoming finance minister vowed on Monday to restore trade between the feuding Andean nations.

Chavez responded on Sunday by threatening to cut off Venezuela's oil supplies to the United States if Colombia attacks. But analysts say that would be a devastating blow for Venezuela's economy, which is already shrinking and suffering from 30 percent annual inflation.

The United States on Monday said it had no intention of taking military action against Venezuela. Venezuela met with United Nations' Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to explain its position.

"We have a reinforcement of 980 to 1,000 troops for the protection of the border, but there are no unusual operations; we are staying on alert," Marquez said.

"A rise in troops levels on the border isn't justified; it is only hurting the residents here," said Cesar Perez Vivas, the opposition governor of Tachira. "We have reports that 20,000 jobs have been lost because of this breaking of ties with Colombia."

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Chavez, a leftist former soldier whose popularity has been slipping ahead of legislative elections next month, called the charges a "hoax" and an excuse for Colombia to launch a U.S.-backed invasion he says would start a "100-year war."

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia last week, bringing the countries' troubled relations to a new low after Bogota alleged that his government allowed leftist Colombian rebels to operate bases there.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Nickelodeon has made a grown-up decision.

Set to premiere next y]]> The kids channel has greenlighted a live-action/computer-animated adaptation of its hit toon "The Fairly Odd Parents," starring Drake Bell ("Drake and Josh") as a twenty something Timmy Turner who's still in the fifth grade because "Da Rules" dictate that godchildren lose their fairies when they grow up.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Nickelodeon has made a grown-up decision.

Set to premiere next year,Baby Phat, "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!" also stars Daniella Monet as Tootie, Jason Alexander as Cosmo,Diesel, Cheryl Hines as Wanda and Steven Weber as Hugh J. Magnate.

VIDEO: Bristol describes how Sarah Palin reacted to the engagement news

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"She's apprehensive and concerned about this. She doesn't want to see me get hurt again," Bri]]> Levi Johnston is set to make his music video debut in singer Brittani Senser’s “After Love,” in which he plays a young lover whose girlfriend’s mother disapproves of him.

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“She’s apprehensive and concerned about this. She doesn’t want to see me get hurt again,” Bristol told Us.

The video’s creator and director Evan Winter admitted that he “kind of riffed off the real-life situation” when conceiving of the clip.

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Butler added that Johnston is still interested in pursuing an acting career — but must confer with Bristol, too. “Of course, he’s got to merge his perspective with that of his prospective wife. In other words,Diesel, this is not a decision he’s going to be making alone,” Butler said.

Johnston, 20 and Bristol Palin, 19,Abercrombie jeans, recently revealed to Us Weekly that they became engaged again while working over custody arrangements for their young son Tripp. One major hitch: Bristol’s mother, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, “doesn’t really approve” of the engagement.

But what about Johnston’s future mother-in-law’s opinion on this new project? “I don’t think we’re going to be concerned about what Gov. Palin would want,” Butler told the AP. “I think that given the script, he (Johnston) should be able to turn in a good performance.”

“He’s looking forward to doing it,” Johnston’s attorney Rex Butler told the Associated Press. According to a written description of the video (which Johnston and Senser will shoot next month in Los Angeles), the happy couple “share tender moments before they are driven apart by the young woman’s mother,” the AP says. The female heroine “tells her mother that she was wrong about her mother.”