Obama, Trump Trade Barbs Over Who'd Win in a Match Up, Post-Christmas Disturbances at Malls Across U.S., 40 Shot in Chicago Over Christmas Weekend: A.M. Links

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  Barack Obama said he'd have beaten Donald Trump if he were able to run for a third term, while Trump tweeted "NO WAY" that would've happened.

• Police are looking to social media after a series of post-Christmas distubances at malls across the United States that were allegedly "loosely organized" on those networks.
• Forty people were shot in Chicago over the Christmas weekend; 12 were killed.
• Russia says terrorism is unlikely in a passenger jet crash in the Black Sea that killed 92.
• High school students in Taiwan organized a Nazi-themed parade.
• George Michael died Sunday.

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