On days like today where there was no dominant news story, stories can come from anywhere. The news feeds that I subscribed to had very few repeat stories, which meant a wide variety of material to choose from.
Obviously, one of the biggest stories in the news is still the shooting at Fort Hood that happened back on Thursday, Nov. 5. MSNBC had an interesting story on the shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, and how his doctors and superiors had questioned his behavior in the months leading up to the shooting. According to the article, doctors had questions about Hasan's mental health as early as spring, 2008. A military official familiar with the discussions on Hasan cited Hasan's "belligerent, defensive and argumentative" discussions on religion as being particularly concerning. NPR talked to some of his fellow students and faculty members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and they described Hasan as being disconnected, aloof and paranoid, among other things. Despite the warning signs of instability, combined with poor job performance, Hasan was allowed to continue working at Fort Hood. The military official stated that his doctors did not view Hasan as being potentially violent or threatening, so he was allowed to keep his position.
I also want to share this odd story that I came across on FoxNews.com. This story is about a 12 year old girl from Virginia, who sneezes approximately 12,000 times per day. According to the article, the girl, Lauren Johnson, caught a cold two weeks ago and has been sneezing ever since. Johnson's mother, Lynn, said that the sneezing only stops when Lauren is asleep. Johnson has been to six different doctors since she began sneezing, none of which have been able to give a true diagnosis. One doctor offered up the possibility that it could be "irretractable psychogenic disorder," which can be caused by stress. According to the article. there are less than 40 documented cases of IPD and there is no standard treatment.
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