* Astronomy

If it had only been a couple days earlier, maybe it could have been blamed on Santas sleigh backfiring.
A mystery boom that rattled windows and startled residents around the county just after 8 p.m. Saturday remains just that: A mystery.
Pierce County 911 fielded about a dozen calls in roughly a five-minute span not long after the sound echoed through the area, according to county Emergency Management Agency Director Ken Justice.

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