Trouble uploading a remote image via URL

[surferboy]

Hi -

Using v1.7.7
PHP Version 5.2.14
MySql Version 5.1.47

I tried to upload this image using the remote url function and adding her name, Susan Francia, as the image name:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1Ssoxfl0MvQ/StxFzLrMzeI/AAAAAAAAKQE/hQhbEIVVES8/s1600-h/espn9.jpg

The result is the "eye image" and the image name but when you click on the image name, and go to the details page, all you see is her image name but not the image. 

I tried using V@no's multiuload MOD and the regular upload function, as well as Budduke's multiupload function. All three gave a result that only showed the image name but not the image.

Budduke weighed in with his comment after trying as well:

your second one (issue) did the same thing to me also,
I even tried adding it in the admin panel (outside my mod) and the same thing happened. The link is saved correctly in the database when I looked at it, but you can not download it or thumbnail it.
I  remember something about directories that begin with a underscore like that one has and some problems linking to them but I can not remember much about it.
I do not work with remote stuff so this is new to me. I tried linking a remote image from my own site and it worked...
http://www.budduke.com/gallery/data/media/15/big/ntcosmo01.JPG
but it did NOT create a thumbnail. Even from the admin panel or the normal member upload screen but it did link to it and I can download it.

I was successful in uploading other remote url images from blogs and other locations. 

Does anyone have an idea what the problem might be?

Thanks,

Brian