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Intel Profit Hits High End of Target

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, …

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Lawmakers Remove Ecuador's President

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 …

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False Alarm Prompts White House Lockdown

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 …

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