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Michigan-raised Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno will become the first clergyman awarded the prestigious Carl Sagan Medal.

President Bush meets with Brazil's leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House. Market reform talks are on the table with the key South American trading partner. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

The second Democratic presidential candidates' debate starts Tuesday night in Detroit.

Mark Everson, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, discusses the popularity of electronic filing. He also provides tips on who among us is most likely to be audited and offers options for people who still haven't filed.

Recent polls show that health care concerns and associated economic anxiety are approaching the war in terms of importance as a campaign issue. What positions are the presidential candidates staking out?

The massively popular BBC show, Top Gear, relaunches Monday on BBC America. Following the painfully public downfall of its former host, the new hosts have big gears to grind.

Michael Horn's departure, effective immediately, was by "mutual agreement," a statement from the company says.

Also: More flooding wrecks South Carolina; a European Union court rules the E.U. wrongly shares data with the U.S.; and 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios are recalled over possible wheat contamination.

Also: Further review is called for the Dakota Access pipeline route through tribal lands; New Zealand reviews earthquake damage; and China says its air pollution worsened last month.

Also: Protests build in Egypt; gay pride events set across the U.S.; Obama pledges $7 billion to upgrade Africa's power systems; Kerry leaves Middle East, saying peace talks are "within reach;" and Google Reader is about to disappear.