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Law School In Cyberspace

By Andy Bowers

Published November 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Concord Law School, the first online law school graduates its first class. Because the school is not accredited, many state bars refuse to accept its graduates. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

Andy Bowers

Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.

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One of California's great historical mysteries apparently has been solved by researchers who spent 11 years studying the origins of what is known as "Drake's Plate." NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the origins of an elaborate hoax by fun-loving historians. See a photo of the bogus plate, and learn more about the search for the real artifact.
Playing California's Budget Game

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California's record $35-billion budget deficit is anything but a game, but a Sacramento Bee columnist has made it one. Daniel Weintraub challenged his readers to study where the money goes, and then plug their proposed spending cuts and tax increases into an online budget game. NPR's Andy Bowers reports on some of the novel solutions players came up with.