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Roberts to Reagan: Don’t laud Michael Jackson or you’ll have to praise Prince

By Chris Steller | 06.26.09 | 3:58 pm

prince_purplerain_single-704679In 1984, President Ronald Reagan was warned by a young White House associate counsel named John Roberts against sending a letter of commendation to singer Michael Jackson, who died yesterday. One reason: Praising the King of Pop would…

Video: Springsteen speaks, sings at Philadelphia voter registration rally for Obama

By Steve Perry | 10.06.08 | 12:41 pm

On Saturday Bruce Springsteen played a seven-song acoustic set on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway mall–the first of three such appearances, followed by a stop at Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday and one in Ypsilanti, Michigan Monday afternoon.
“After…