
THE RACE: Both sides get help from musical friends
Only one campaign debate is left, just 20 days remain and the two presidential tickets are furiously fighting down to what could be a photo finish.

Romney seeks Ohio votes as Obama preps for debate
Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan went back to school on Saturday to rally college students in all corners of all-important Ohio and hammer at ...

The Boss will campaign for Obama in Ohio, Iowa
Bruce Springsteen will be back campaigning for President Barack Obama. The musician will join former President Bill Clinton at a Thursday rally in ...

Bill Clinton's back in the campaign game big time
Bill Clinton is back in the game big time, serving as President Barack Obama's surrogate in chief and relying on his oratorical skill and folksy style ...
NYC club where young Springsteen played is closing
A historic New York City music club that nurtured Bruce Springsteen's early career is closing. Willie Nile and the Smithereens are the headliners ...

Schwarzenegger back - this time as think tank guru
He's been a governor, a movie star and the world's greatest body builder, but Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't done yet. The man who never tires of telling ...
Springsteen celebrates birthday with mom onstage
Bruce Springsteen celebrated his 63rd birthday onstage until nearly 2 a.m. Sunday, joined at the end by his hearty mom. Adele Springsteen danced and ...

Her ride's here: Olympic horse for a Springsteen
Her ride's here. Bruce Springsteen's daughter has bought a gold medal-winning horse from the London Olympics with hopes of competing for the United ...
Correction: Presidential Campaign story
In a story Aug. 24 about the presidential campaign, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Republican candidate Mitt Romney has kept some of ...

Music mogul Clive Davis to release autobiography
Music mogul Clive Davis will release an autobiography in February that will include "the excitements, the disappointments and the triumphs" of his ...

CONVENTION WATCH: An appraisal, Mitt who?
Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...

Philly gets ready to host Jay-Z's music megashow
The city where America was made is gearing up for rapper Jay-Z's "Made In America" music festival, which officials estimate will attract 100,000 fans ...

Silversun Pickups object to Romney's use of song
The Silversun Pickups want Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to immediately stop the use of the rock group's song "Panic Switch." And the Romney ...

US wins gold, beats Spain 107-100 in men's hoops
This was no Dream Team. This was reality. The gold medal was in doubt for the U.S. men's basketball team. The Americans led Spain by only one point ...

Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and ...

Australia treasurer says he's inspired by The Boss
Australia's treasurer says Australians can learn a lot — and avoid economic pitfalls — by listening to The Boss. Wayne Swan revealed Wednesday that ...
Damon: Public fury burns leading into election
Matt Damon says there's a sense of fury in the U.S. over banking scandals and financial inequality that neither Democrats nor Republicans are ...

Norway remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks
Norway on Sunday paused to commemorate the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago, a tragedy that the ...
Lady Antebellum speaks on Springsteen silencing
The members of Lady Antebellum say they are disappointed that Bruce Springsteen was silenced at his Saturday night gig at London's Hyde Park.

Obama takes in Olympic basketball tune-ups
President Barack Obama basked in the glow of the Olympics on Monday, getting a courtside look at LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and other members of USA ...
Springsteen, McCartney silenced by London curfew
Concert organizers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at London's Hyde Park, ...

$?(&! What did that politician just say?
What the $?&(! is going on with our politicians? The mayors of New York and Philadelphia and the governor of New Jersey let loose with a few choice ...

Grammys to honor Bruce Springsteen next year
Bruce Springsteen is being recognized for his creative and philanthropic contributions by the group that puts on the Grammy Awards. The Recording ...
Rock Bottom Remainders saying goodbye to lit-rock
It took 20 years but the group Bruce Springsteen once praised as being almost as good as a lousy garage band is finally calling it quits. The Rock ...