Today's Headlines -- Friday

• Congress hopes to wrap up work on payroll tax cuts (AP)
• Syria: Twin suicide bombs shake capital, 40 dead (AP)
• NYPD's spying programs produced mixed results (AP)
• Pakistani army rejects US report on airstrikes (AP)
• Indonesia girl back with family after 2004 tsunami (AP)
• France recommends removal of risky breast implants (AP)
• Santa Claus still flying high in new poll (AP)
• Cuban-Americans stream to the island for holidays (AP)
• Tis' the season to steal (AP)
• Colts get past Houston 19-16 for 2nd straight win (AP)
• Congress poised to pass payroll tax cut deal (Reuters)
• Forty killed, 100 wounded in Damascus blasts: Syrian TV (Reuters)
• In ad for newsletter, Ron Paul forecast "race war" (Reuters)
• Analysis: Economy to show stamina as global growth slows (Reuters)
• Pakistan army chief says coup speculation false (Reuters)
• World leaders bid farewell to Vaclav Havel (Reuters)
• U.S. intelligence warned of strife after Iraq pullout (Reuters)
• Less wooden Romney hits New Hampshire campaign trail (Reuters)
• Democrats turn tables on GOP as Boehner relents on payroll-tax deal (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Is Sheriff Joe Arpaio using racial profiling to find illegal immigrants? (The Christian Science Monitor)