The federal trial of radio host Hal Turner ended in a mistrial — for the second time. This time, Turner took the stand to describe his past work as a confidential FBI informant, claiming that the agency had encouraged his online vitriol to give him credibility with the extremists the FBI was trying to apprehend. Turner, whose FBI code name was Valhalla, said the agency paid him more than $100,000 during the four years he worked intermittently as an informant.

Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering 29 out of 61 public schools.

Authorities have recovered a body fitting the general description of an AGL Resources Inc. executive missing in New Orleans since Friday. Hayden’s Note: Hmmm, I was in New Orleans on Friday night.

Two police officers were injured by a gunman firing shots outside the Pentagon tonight and a suspect was in custody, a police spokesman said. Initially, hundreds of employees at the Pentagon were ordered to go into “Code Red” — the entire building locked down, with no one allowed to enter or leave.

Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen has unveiled a new emergency operations plan that will be a continuation of public safety in Bossier Parish should disaster ever strike here at home. Operation Exodus will provide for self-sufficiency in the event of a manmade or natural disaster or a terrorist attack. Exodus will take local volunteers, train them and use them in response to a catastrophic disaster in the area. *** Hayden’s Note attached ***

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has hit Lincoln County, Oklahoma but no injuries and little property damage are reported, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

A devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. According to Chilean authorities, over 400 people are now known to have been killed. The earthquake also triggered a Tsunami which is right now propagating across the Pacific Ocean, due to arrive in Hawaii in hours.

Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma will ask the Justice Department to investigate Pennsylvania State University climatologist and White House adviser Michael E. Mann for his involvement in Climategate, Inhofe told The Daily Caller Monday night.Citing the False Claims Act, which “prohibits certain types of activity generally involving claims for payment of money or receipt of property involving the federal government,” Inhofe, who is the ranking member of the Environmental and Public Works Committee, wants Mann investigated for his use of $500,000 in stimulus funds allotted for climate research.

Like many people, Terry Hoskins has had troubles with his bank. But his solution to foreclosure might be unique. It involved a large bulldozer!

Wyoming Bill seeks to combat Federal distortions of the Commerce Clause and the 2nd Amendment – Includes penalties of up to two years in prison for Federal Agents violating the law.