Print edition for February 11, 2006

Editorial: Experts fear overuse of drug: The FDA's Drug Safety and Risk Management advisory committee has called for placing so-called "black box" warnings on methylphenidates, which are sold as Ritalin, Concerta, Methylin and Metadate. The committee reviewed dozens of reports of patients dying or suffering such toxic reactions as heart attacks.

New fun for indoors: Rob Miech; But it will expose fans to the fast pace of the indoor game. And it will give young players a chance to show their skills and maybe catch the eye of a professional scout or two, or even a college coach.

Editorial: Shifting blame is his game: In congressional testimony Friday that centered around the flooding in New Orleans, former FEMA director Michael Brown said he warned top White House staff about the broken levees and rising water levels, but intentionally did not call his supervisor at the Homeland Security Department.

Building will mix daytime, nighttime use: Add the world-class cachet of architectural luminary Frank Gehry. Then stir in the flavor provided by Wolfgang Puck.

Frank Gehry's approach to architecture 'different': By Tom Gorman; It is difficult to imagine any other architect with the status and heft of Gehry - someone who, by the mere mention of his name, wins attention.

Letter: First, let's study nuclear plants already in use: To get Americans to agree to construction of new nuclear power plants, the administration knows it has to present a plan to reduce radioactive waste. The Bush plan calls for extraction of the usable 10 percent in each fuel rod.

Design to be unveiled: The design of a $50 million medical research center near downtown Las Vegas will be publicly unveiled today, bearing the unmistakable iconoclastic signature of master architect Frank Gehry.

Letter: Another take on when life begins: The fertilized ovum (egg) is not viable (cannot sustain life) until it is in fact implanted in the uterus (ectopic implantation such as in the fallopian tubes being somewhat rare).

Editorial: Report is no endorsement: The National Academy of Sciences panel noted that significant amounts of radiation could be released if a shipment were to be engulfed in a sustained and intense fire. That should hardly be comforting to the tens of millions of people who live along rail routes or highways where nuclear waste would be shipped if Nevada's Yucca Mountain ever were approved to permanently store 77,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste.

Letter: Christians can be just as violent as Islamists: Right-wing talk show hosts are reveling in their smugness about the "so-called religion of peace."