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Native American Heritage Month: 2012 Honoree

The United States has a long and checkered history when it comes to the ballot box. In the last several years, the issue of voter fraud has become a rallying cry in local, state, and national elections.

Disability Awareness Month: 2012 Honoree

China has been plagued by political scandal and controversy, just as the Communist government prepares for its once-a-decade transfer of power. It's an important moment for the government, which faces questions about how its economy will be governed and how it will handle deal with foreign powers.

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Cal Fire says the Shockey Fire burning in the Campo area since Sunday is now 100 percent contained. There's no estimate yet on when the blaze will be brought under full control. The fire has scorched 2,556 acres, killed an elderly man and destroyed 11 back-country homes in rural southeastern San Diego County.

A report by the non-governmental organization Global Witness says more than 60 percent of the West African nation's rainforests have been granted to logging companies in the past six years. The group has found evidence of fraud and misconduct within Liberia's logging sector.

Charles Rowan Beye has been married three times — to two women and a man. Now, over age 80, he looks back on his life and asks, "What was that all about?" Critic Maureen Corrigan says Beye's memoir, subtitled "A Gay Man's Odyssey," is a complex, poignant addition to the sexual canon.

Since its inception in 1994, NADBANK has invested $1.2 billion in 155 projects on both sides of the border.

Tom Reiss places Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, a general in Revolutionary France and the father of the Count of Monte Cristo author, atop a high pedestal. With clear admiration, Reiss explains that the triumphs and travails of the elder Dumas inspired his son's adventure novels.