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Is Rebecca a murderous material girl, or just a lusty gal with a misunderstood lifestyle? That’s the question that supplies the suspense in Uli Edel’s slick thriller, in which “Witness for the Prosecution” cohabits with “The Story of O” and “Basic Instinct.” Until it collapses into a silly shambles in the denouement, “Body of Evidence” is a fairly stylish entry in the currently ubiquitous femme fatale sweepstakes. As written by Brad Mirman, Madonna’s role is so tailor-made for her that one might suspect she is reading outtakes from her best seller, “Sex” (there’s lots of talk about liking to be “in control”)....

Moderate to severe symptoms, which affect about one in five newly menopausal women, are the only compelling reason to take hormone therapy. If you’re bothered by vaginal dryness only, consider low-dose vaginal estrogen rather than pills or patches. Mounting evidence indicates that a woman’s age and time since menopause (on average at the age of 51 in the United States), along with her personal-health status, influence the risk-benefit balance. The best candidate for hormone therapy is a younger, recently menopausal woman–one whose final menstrual period occurred less than five years earlier–who isn’t at high risk of heart disease, stroke or blood clots....

Someone should have reminded this poor soul. A guy attempted (keyword) to guard the AND1 mixtape legend and got very predictable results. As if a getting a ball bounced off your face wasn’t reason enough to quit, Hot Sauce left him in a full split. What’s hurt more: His pride or his groin? MORE: Harangody’s disgustingly bloody injury | Draymond Green bumped by Dahntay Jones | NBA: Then and now...

Ambience: A true modern-day brasserie, Comme Ça features dark-paneled wainscoting, chalkboard menus and a host of mirrors on the wall. Food: Some dishes are well prepared, like the crisp, tender duck confit with braised red cabbage and spaetzle ($24) and the delicate sole meunière with celery-root purée ($27). Others are just OK. Service: The receptionist is snobby if you don’t have a coveted reservation. The wait staff wears traditional French black and white garb, and the impeccably trained bartenders were taught by the bar chief at Manhattan’s best cocktail lounge, Milk and Honey....

Hay-Adams Hotel hayadams.com From $495 per night Washington: “Haunted” by Clover Adams, wife of the original owner. Forget Halloween; chances of a spectral hug (her specialty) are best in early December, near the anniversary of her suicide. Myrtles Plantation myrtlesplantation.com From $115 per night St. Francisville, La.: Wronged slaves and poisoned children are among the ghosts allegedly wandering the grounds. Ask for any room–it’s eerie everywhere. Stanley Hotel stanleyhotel.com...

In a response to the article of impeachment against him, Trump, by way of his attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen, has denied his rhetoric had anything to do with the violence during the Capitol attack on January 6. Given that denial, Representative Jamie Raskin, the lead House impeachment manager, has invited him to testify either before or during the trial, noting that former President Bill Clinton testified while in office and therefore Trump isn’t immune from the request....

Posting on Twitter, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) voiced her concerns that the decision was a “grave shortsighted mistake,” including the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in her remarks: “The decision by @BorisJohnson to allow Huawei into the U.K.’s telecommunications network is wrong, dangerous, and a grave shortsighted mistake. Congress must work on a bipartisan basis to push back on this decision by the U.K. to open their arms to China’s surveillance state....

The Texans and star quarterback Deshaun Watson are heading for a messy divorce, if recent rumors and speculation come to pass. While a trade won’t be able to be completed until the new league year in March, plenty believe a separation is more likely than not. Count Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner as one of the many trying their hardest to keep Watson in a Texans uniform. Turner voiced his support for Watson and the “love” he has for Houston over the weekend....

NEWSWEEK: Your friend, Staff Sgt. Mark Lawton, was killed in Iraq in 2003. What happened? Andrew Alonzo: Ambush. It was the first time we got ambushed on both sides of the road. We were near the Iranian border. He was a comrade, a good friend. When I found out he was a casualty, it was like, “Wow, I just talked to him.” I took a photo of him the day before sitting under a tree, reading a Bible....

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued an alert on Thursday, cautioning that two geomagnetic storms were likely to occur on Friday and Saturday. A geomagnetic storm is a major disturbance to Earth’s magnetic field, often triggered when the sun shoots out a cloud of charged particles at our planet. These clouds are known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. Geomagnetic storms can have all sorts of effects and come in varying strengths....

The solar eclipse is expected to be properly visible from parts of Canada, Greenland, and northern Russia. Elsewhere, viewers in parts of North America, Europe and Asia may be able to catch a partial view. It is expected to begin at around 8:12 a.m. UTC, (4:12 ET), but the greatest eclipse will be visible at around 10:41 UTC (6:41 ET). Because it is not possible to view the eclipse everywhere—and because it is not safe to look directly at the Sun during an eclipse anyway—astronomers are working to bring the view online....

In some people, the chances of having a rupture are high at the time the diagnosis is made, and early surgery is needed. In others, rupture does not appear imminent. In these people the diagnosis creates an opportunity for regular monitoring to determine how rapidly the aneurysm is growing. This allows the doctor to decide if and when elective surgical repair may become necessary. This proactive monitoring can only be done if you know the aortic aneurysm is there....

This question originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Answer by Christopher VanLang, College 103 lber A caveat is that I never decided to undergo the recruiting circuit but my middle brother was being recruited at MIT and Princeton and ultimately walked onto Stanford and the youngest brother was an 2x New England Champion and All American who was being actively recruited across the nation and got to talk with Rob Koll from Cornell....

This article will go over changes to the immune system after chemo and radiation, the risks of these treatments, what to do about treatment effects, and when to seek medical help. How Does Cancer Treatment Affect the Immune System? Chemotherapy (chemo) and radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) kill cancer cells. The problem is, they also kill rapidly dividing healthy cells. Each treatment has its own effects. When the two treatments are combined, which is common, you can end up with side effects of both....

Now 4-1, the Chiefs hold a slim one-game lead over 3-2 Las Vegas in the AFC West, also down a tiebreaker in the season series. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City offense isn’t invincible, and the Chiefs’ solid defense hasn’t turned the corner to total dominance. The Raiders had been struggling defensively coming into the game and that did continue, but they’ve featured a diverse, more dangerous passing game with Derek Carr, building on the bread and butter of their power running with second-year feature back Josh Jacobs....

A frequent productive cough is a primary symptom of chronic bronchitis, a condition where the tubes that bring air to your lungs become inflamed. This condition falls under the umbrella of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Other conditions can cause frequent coughing as well. Your doctor will perform a physical exam and a series of tests, including lung function tests, imaging, and blood tests to determine whether you have chronic bronchitis....

Very few gave the Commanders a chance to upend the undefeated Eagles on “Monday Night Football,” but upend them they did. The 32-21 score doesn’t quite indicate the type of commanding performance this was for Washington. While there was some controversy all throughout the game courtesy of the officials — a Dallas Goedert missed facemask that led to a penalty, an unnecessary roughness penalty that iced the game for Washington — Ron Rivera’s squad still put together a near-perfect gameplan that ended Philadelphia’s hopes at an undefeated season....

“Not taking long” could mean a number of things: Baker Mayfield’s first appearance in a Rams uniform didn’t take long, as he made his debut on Thursday night. Or Mayfield’s education of the playbook. Or his first win in a Rams uniform. Or the 1:50 it took for Mayfield to put the Rams ahead for a win. “I don’t know if you could write it any better than that,” Mayfield said in his postgame press conference....

James is in elite company when it comes to that top-five list. Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Malone and Abdul-Jabbar are the others, in that order. Each man amassed his points in unique ways and at different paces. James obviously played in a different era, with more emphasis on 3-point shooting. His own shift in scoring tendencies have reflected those changes, even since he entered the league in 2003. He’s swapped out a ton of those popular midrange shots of 18 years ago for 3-pointers above the break today....