JDBC Query bug

This jdbc is messing up on basic select/where queries.  For example:
SELECT usename FROM pg_user WHERE usename ~* 'star_.*';

usename
---------
star_admin

But in jdbc I do:

SELECT usename FROM pg_user WHERE usename ~* 'star_.*';

I get an empty result set.
rs.next() is false.

What would be causing this?
Matt