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WASHINGTON – Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts said Friday the Bush administration’s domestic spying is within the president’s inherent power under the Constitution, and he rejected criticism that Congress was kept in the dark about it. The program is “legal, necessary and reasonable,” the Kansas Republican wrote in a …

DALLAS – Dell Inc. (DELL) said Thursday that fourth-quarter profit rose 52 percent as the world’s largest personal computer maker finally turned in stronger sales growth than expected, led by sales to businesses and to international customers. Dell said it earned $1.01 billion, or 43 cents per share in the …

LONDON – Iranian and Hamas leaders rejected President Bush’s call for change in his State of the Union address, but many Europeans welcomed his recognition that America’s gas guzzling days must end. Bush had harsh words for Iran, which he said was being “held hostage by a small clerical elite …