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1. A Bug in Windows GOP
   June 1, 2005
   Microsoft is ending its relationship with choirboy-lobbyist Ralph Reed, but the company's ties to others in the seemingly infinite loop of the Republican lobbying scandal are deep in D.C. and Seattle. By Rick Anderson
2. Blue City Conservatives
   June 15, 2005
   Meet Seattle's biggest closet cases: the Republicans next door. By Matt Rosenberg
3. Death by Natural Causes
   June 8, 2005
   The circumstances of a teenager's medical emergency are in dispute. But her case raises important questions about the line between increasingly popular naturopathic health care and standard medical treatment. By Nina Shapiro
4. Cancerous Campaign
   July 6, 2005
   Voter activist Andy Stephenson fights charges he faked his illness — from his hospital bed. By George Howland Jr.
5. Closing the Barn Door
   Nov. 9, 2005
   The notorious Enumclaw horse-sex case spurs a state senator to draft a bill banning bestiality. By Rick Anderson
6. Bill Gates' Guinea Pigs
   July 20, 2005
   The Gates Foundation wants to remake American education, and ground zero for their billion-dollar experiment is Mountlake Terrace High School. Results so far? It's been a learning experience. By Bill Geballe
7. Bush Blows Katrina
   Sept. 7, 2005
   Following the media trail of Dubya's disaster: Doesn't anyone at the White House read National Geographic? By Chuck Taylor
8. Good Cop, Sad Cop
   March 30, 2005
   Meet former King County Sheriff's Deputy Angela Holland. She was a great street cop with numerous commendations and a spotless record. But she was mildly bipolar, so they fired her. By Philip Dawdy
9. The God Life
   May 4, 2005
   James King had dozens of people under his sway, and his obscure New Gnostic Church had few issues with the outside world until he and his mistress seduced the 17-year-old daughter of two church members. By Philip Dawdy
10. Replace the Viaduct, Kill the Monorail
    Oct. 26, 2005
    Keep the gas-tax increase by voting no on I-912. Stop the monorail by voting no on Proposition 1. Plus, our wisdom about all the other measures and every contested race. By the Seattle Weekly Editorial Board