A burger war.

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Americans love their hamburgers, with or without cheese. But who first came up with the idea? Wisconsin lawmakers have adopted a proclamation stating that Charles Nagreen of Seymour was the first to start calling ground beef patties in a bun "hamburgers" in 1885. That has flipped people out in Athens, Texas, and New Haven, Conn. They claim the hamburger was born in their hometowns...