Today's Headlines -- Tuesday

• Survey: Home prices down in most major US cities (AP)
• New fee coming for medical effectiveness research (AP)
• Syria pulls tanks from Homs as Arab monitors visit (AP)
• In pursuit, GOP contenders rumble through Iowa (AP)
• Consumer confidence index surges in December (AP)
• AP survey: Economy to pick up but still vulnerable (AP)
• Police: Neighbor chopped up Ind. girl with hacksaw (AP)
• Idaho teen loses cancer fight after delivering son (AP)
• What to expect at NKorea funeral for Kim Jong Il (AP)
• Conn. mayor: Fire that killed 5 not foul play (AP)
• Consumer confidence perks up, house prices sag (Reuters)
• Sears to close more stores as holiday sales slump (Reuters)
• Obama to nominate Powell, Stein as Fed governors (Reuters)
• 6.9 magnitude quake hits southeastern Russia: USGS (Reuters)
• More trouble for Gingrich as Iowa campaign quickens (Reuters)
• Obama to ask for debt limit hike: Treasury official (Reuters)
• Insight: FDA warned PIP on breast implant safety in 2000 (Reuters)
• Analysis: U.S. rental demand lifts housing sector (Reuters)
• Intelligence firm Stratfor reels after data breach. What did hackers get? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Fuller picture emerges of fatal, chaotic US-Pakistan firefight (The Christian Science Monitor)