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SAN FRANCISCO – Intel Corp. (INTC), the world’s largest chip maker, Tuesday reported a 25 percent rise in quarterly profit as revenue reached the second-highest level in the company’s history, helped by strong demand for its Centrino notebook computer chips. Intel shares jumped more than 3 percent on the report, …

QUITO, Ecuador – Lawmakers in Ecuador (search) voted Wednesday to remove embattled President Lucio Gutierrez from office after a week of escalating street protests demanding his ouster, and they swore in Vice President Alfredo Palacio to replace him. In Brazil (search), that country’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday …

WASHINGTON – President Bush was rushed to a secure underground White House bunker and Vice President Dick Cheney (search) was whisked outside the compound Wednesday because of a “radar anomaly” — perhaps a flock of birds or pocket of rain — that was mistaken for a plane flying in restricted …

DULUTH, Ga. – Searchers looking for a missing Georgia woman who was to be married this weekend found a clump of hair Thursday, and authorities were working to see if a DNA match existed. WAGA-TV, the FOX affiliate in Atlanta, reported that the hair was found in an office park …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The elite Groton School (search) pleaded guilty Monday to failing to report students’ sexual abuse complaints to the state. Groton officials entered the plea on the day the case was scheduled to go to trial. The school was fined $1,250 and avoided a public airing of damaging …

Low doses of the main active ingredient in marijuana (search) slowed the progression of hardening of the arteries in mice, suggesting a hint for developing a new therapy in people. Experts stressed that the finding does not mean people should smoke marijuana in hopes of getting the same benefit. “To …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” April 7, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Unresolved Problems” segment tonight, what will happen to radical …

See the “Fave Foods of the Famous” segment on “FOX News Live.” Celebs Eat Up Attention in Food Column By Kathy Hanrahan Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Celebrity gossip magazines often speculate whether any food is crossing the lips of super-skinny stars like Lindsay Lohan or Nicole Richie. A newly …

BOSTON – A plane carrying U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy from western Massachusetts to his home on the coast was struck by lightning Saturday and had to be diverted to New Haven, Conn., his spokeswoman said. The eight-seat Cessna Citation 550 plane lost all electrical power, including communications, and the …

It’s opening weekend for “Mission Impossible: 3” (my review: it’s great), so let me begin with a ditty about how Tom Cruise’s bizarre behavior has made him an even bigger target than usual for an industry with lots of arrows. This week, it’s the dirty truth about tabloid journalism that …