Today's Takeaway: Probe Into Airstrike Heightens US-Pakistan Tensions Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: 30 Die in Damascus Bombings, Morning Headlines House GOP Agrees to Payroll Tax Cut Extension Movie Date: 'War Horse,' 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,' 'We Bought a Zoo,' and 'The Artist' Pentagon Report Says Both US and Pakistan to Blame in November's Deadly Airstrike The Takeaway's Ultimate Holiday Song Friday Follow: Payroll Tax, US-Pakistan Relations, Iraq Terror Scandal Top of the Hour: House Expected to Approve Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Morning Headlines Days Before Caucuses, Iowa Voters Uninspired by GOP Candidates The Lonely Holiday Season Syria Blames Al-Qaida for Damascus Attack Lockout-Shortened NBA Season to Begin Sunday Neutral Milk Hotel's Julian Koster on His Favorite Holiday Tunes Pakistani protesters carry national flags during a demonstration in Islamabad on December 8, 2011 against the cross-border NATO air strike on Pakistani troops. ( AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC