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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 24, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. NBA 2K18, 2K 4. Bloons TD 5,Ninja Kiwi 5. Plague Inc.,Ndemic Creations 6. Bridge Constructor Portal, Headup Games GmbH & Co KG 7. Sonic Runners Adventure, Gameloft 8. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 9.

Auto industry eyeing cooler sales, new tech in 2018

After a dip in U.S. auto sales, automakers likely will face some retail challenges in 2018. But much of the industry’s focus will be on advancing self-driving cars and other new technologies.

CSX Corp names Foote CEO to replace Hunter Harrison

The third-largest U.S. railroad, CSX, named Jim Foote as its chief executive succeeding veteran industry turnaround legend Hunter Harrison, who died last week only months into the railroad’s ambitious turnaround plan.

APNewsBreak: 298 die in rail crashes system could've stopped

Nearly 300 people have died in train crashes that could have been prevented if railroads across the U.S. implemented critical speed-control technology that federal safety investigators have been pushing for close to five decades, according to rail crash data obtained by The Associated Press.

Expert: New route may have distracted engineer before crash

Federal investigators probing a deadly Amtrak derailment are trying to determine why the train was traveling at more than double the posted speed limit as it entered the curve where it left the tracks and plunged off an overpass and partly onto a busy freeway, killing three people and injuring dozens.