PHILADELPHIA -- 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 ...

One fifth grader got out of school yesterday like a boss. — -- One fifth grader got out of school yesterday like a boss. But that’s because “The Boss” himself, Bruce Springsteen, signed his ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a rock-solid excuse for missing the last day of school: a personal note to her teacher from President Barack Obama. Her father, John Corpus of Green ...

What The Boss says goes. Bruce Springsteen penned an absence note for fifth grader Michael Fenerty, who attends Philadelphia’s Masterman secondary school. “Please excuse Michael Fenerty for being late ...

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 ...

Tyler Sullivan got a pass for skipping school from the leader of the free world Fifth grader Tyler Sullivan went straight to the top to get his absence from school excused: He got a note President ...

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 ...