LONDON (AP) — A woman’s ability to have an orgasm is at least partly determined by her genes and can’t be blamed entirely on cultural influences, new research suggests. Experts say that’s likely to be interpreted as both good and bad news. “It’ll be upsetting because some women will think, ‘Oh my God, maybe I…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Texas Instruments is replacing thousands of calculators issued to students in Virginia after a sixth-grader discovered that pressing a certain two keys converts decimals into fractions. That would have given students an unfair advantage on Virginia’s standardized tests, which require youngsters to know how to make such conversions with pencil and…

FLORAL PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The body of an apparent stowaway was ripped in half during flight Tuesday and his leg crashed into a suburban neighborhood, where a homeowner found the severed limb in the middle of her lawn, authorities said. Pam Hearne heard “a loud crash” and later was stunned to see a foot…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Stacey Kennedy-Boccieri, a pregnant mother of two and wife of a state lawmaker, inherited much of her husband’s job while he was overseas with the military: handling constituent calls, running his home legislative office and more. “I spoke for him at a dinner, which I hate to do,” said Kennedy-Boccieri, 31.…

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has replaced Bill Hemmer with Miles O’Brien as anchor of its morning show, reconfigured its afternoon schedule and hired two new executives to run Anderson Cooper’s and Paula Zahn’s shows. O’Brien, the network’s veteran space correspondent, will team with Soledad O’Brien on “American Morning,” which airs 7 to 10 a.m.…

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A civil rights group called for protests Tuesday after failing to persuade a suburban Atlanta prosecutor to reopen the probe of a jailed black man who died days after he was stunned repeatedly with a Taser. Southern Christian Leadership Conference president Charles Steele promised to “bring the whole world to Gwinnett…

NEW YORK (AP) — Along with putting his name on clothing, Tommy Hilfiger is now putting his name on “The Cut.” But the designer cum mogul doesn’t want viewers calling his new reality show (premiering 8 p.m. EST Thursday on CBS) a knockoff of Bravo’s hit “Project Runway.” “`Project Runway’ was about designing clothes,” Hilfiger…

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Lifetime’s “Strong Medicine” was originally created to be “about women on both sides of the stethoscope,” says executive producer Tammy Ader. So why, then, is cable’s longest-running original drama beginning its sixth season on Sunday (9 p.m. EST) with the arrival of Rick Schroder as Dr. Dylan West to partner…

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Bill Nye is many things: comedian, scientist, author, inventor, TV personality. But ask the lanky, bow-tied Nye how he sees himself, and he picks another description. “I’m an educator,” Nye said during a recent two-week return to teach at Cornell University, his alma mater. “You do what you have to do…

If Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have indeed transferred their on-screen romance off-screen and transformed into a singular entity known (at least on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”) as Brangelina, who could blame them?After watching “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” it would seem physically impossible for any human being with eyes and a pulse to resist falling in…