The News-Journal is asking readers to participate in a survey to help select the years top stories. Editors started with a list of about 40 headlines from the newspapers front pages, then surveyed the newsroom staff, whittling the list down to the top 15. Now its your turn. Select up to 10 of these stories and click submit.In five-part series, followup stories and town halls, News-Journal examines Daytona Beachs troubled beachside, including blighted areas, redevelopment dollars and Main Street. City responds with threats of foreclosure and fines of blighted properties. Hurricane Irma floods d ... Read More

Apple started the week by officially confiming its 400 million acqusition of music tagging and recognition app Shazam. In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple explained that it has exciting plans in store with the acquisition.Furthermore, Apple this week officially released its iMac Pro. The incredibly powerful all-in-one was released on Thursday and first orders arrive the week after Christmas, though Apple retail stores will have some availability in the coming weeks.In conjunction with the iMac Pro, Apple also announced Final Cut Pro 10.4, bringing VR capabilities and much more. Check out Jeffs in ... Read More

The RSS chief said everyone living in India is a Hindu, and Pakistan said it was processing the visa application for Kulbhushan Jadhavs wife.The BJP and the Congress are the two major contenders in the fray.The visit has been arranged after weeks of talks between the two countries, and eight months after Pakistan sentenced the former Indian Navy officer to death. ... Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday commissioned the first of the six Scorpene-class submarine Kalvari into the Indian Navy and said its induction was a big step in the countrys defence preparedness.Modi boarded the submarine and unveiled its plaque, after meeting veterans of the first Kalvari who were present at the ceremony.Kalvari is an excellent example of our Make in India programme,he said, speaking at the commissioning ceremony here this morning.Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and French Ambassador to India Alexandre Ziegler were among those pre ... Read More