So now America wonders, 'What becomes of Seattle? What's left for those poor people but to drape the needle in black and go back to being a muddy logging town.'
The rules for fans at University of Phoenix stadium dictate: No air horns, no aerosol cans, no animals - except for your service pig, of course - no bottles, cans, brooms, coolers, knives, laser pointers, illegal drugs, large umbrellas, fireworks or folding chairs.
Apparently it does - this time it's a cake shop in suburban Denver that took an order for two wedding cakes shaped like Bibles, which the owner, Marjorie Silva, was happy to make.
It's been a long time since Catholics have had a pope who likes to float trial balloons. Saying things like, he wasn't going to judge homosexuals, or that Christ redeems even atheists.
We have argued for years about whether sports franchises are a boost to the local economy or basically neutral. But there is some research out there that indicates that the rules are slightly different when you have a team that's as successful as the Seattle Seahawks have been.
State of the Union speeches tend to be predictable. The state of the union is always strong. But surely the President would at least show a little emotional scarring from last November - right?
As promised Charlie Hebdo has published another controversial cover. But according to what I hear on the radio, what really seems to have the Muslim world buzzing is the unusual winter weather that has left a blanket of snow in Northern Saudi Arabia.
Mainstream Muslim leaders have been quick to condemn the Charlie Hebdo attacks. But Linda Sarsour of the Arab American Association of New York also told Al Jazeera that there is a double standard.
The attack in France has inspired millions of people to take a stand for free speech and for the right to offend - which was Charlie Hebdo's mission as a satirical magazine.
The New York Times created a sensation this week with a story about how employees at Harvard, the incubator for Obamacare, finally got the same letter that a lot of us got.