Bruce Springsteen performs at the "Get Out the Vote" rally in Philadelphia
Singer Bruce Springsteen smiles as he works his guitar while performing in downtown Philadelphia October 4, 2008. Some 50,000 gathered on Ben Franklin Blvd. for the Obama campaign sponsored "Get Out The Vote" rally and concert. (UPI Photo/John Anderson)
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Scientists studying the DNA of a tree overrunning thousands of acres of coastal U.S. prairie have cleared Ben Franklin of any responsibility for the invasion.
Salvation Army members in South Carolina were happy when someone dropped a $100 bill in their kettle until they realized it was counterfeit.
"John Adams," a seven-part HBO series about the second U.S. president, won the Emmy for outstanding miniseries in Los Angeles Sunday night.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. matriarch Helen Robson Walton, widow of company founder Sam Walton, has died at age 87 in her Bentonville, Ark., home.
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Karen Hughes was sworn in as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy Friday in Washington with President George W. Bush attending.
