To the age-old classic "dog ate my homework," we raise you a new and improved school excuse: Bruce Springsteen said so. Springsteen gave one young fan the excuse note of a lifetime by signing an ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- A Philadelphia fifth-grader ditched school for a chance to meet Bruce Springsteen and got the best absence excuse note of all time - signed by "The Boss" himself. Michael Fenerty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the age-old classic "dog ate my homework," we raise you a new and improved school excuse: Bruce Springsteen said so.

Wanting to follow school procedure, the boy’s father brought along a pre-typed note that Springsteen signed to excuse his son’s absence. Springsteen told the boy that he would have to read the note ...

A Philadelphia fifth-grader ditched school for the chance to meet rock legend Bruce Springsteen and "The Boss" gladly played along by signing the boy's absence excuse note. The Philadelphia Inquirer ...