Steelers fan’s burger comes with extra seasoning

Grudges are forever. A fast-food cook in Port Orchard has been accused of spitting on a man’s hamburger because of lingering resentment over the 2006 Super Bowl. The cook, a Seahawks fan, apparently argued with the customer, who was wearing Pittsburgh Steelers attire.

The Seahawks fan was later booked into jail. Yeah, the officials sided with the Pittsburgh guy. Some things never change.

Speaking of officials, the Snohomish County basketball referees gave out their annual Coach of the Year award Friday. The award is given to a coach who demonstrates great leadership and makes the fewest references to the officials’ mothers.

Japanese scientists are experimenting with origami spaceships. The folded-paper ships are cheap, fast and impervious to just about anything as they enter Earth’s atmosphere. The only threat is their natural enemy in Japan: giant, fire-breathing lizards.

Today’s Starwatch points out that the terrific celestial show of winter is giving way to spring’s less spectacular sky. Of course, if you live around here, you’ll have to take our word for it that there really are stars in the spring sky.

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