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Electric Aircraft 2014-2024: Trends, Projects, Forecasts

Electric aircraft serve the need for reduced noise, air and ground pollution and reduced global warming. They provide freedom from foreign sources of oil. They make new things possible such as helicopters that can carry out a controlled landing after engineering failures thanks to electric backup and leisure aircraft getting all their "fuel" from solar cells on the hanger. They expand the market for aircraft while modernising the industry and opening up applications for many new electrical components and systems including structural components, printed electronics and smart skin.

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Electrically driven aircraft are arriving from the bottom up in the form of hang gliders and sailplanes and from the top down in the form of large hybrid helicopters and airliners that have electric nosewheels making them electric vehicles when on the ground. Near-silent take-off and landing of feeder aircraft is being considered, and small aircraft that get airborne thanks to wheel motors and the personal aircraft in your garden will be possible. The technologies are changing radically with supercapacitors potentially replacing or partly replacing batteries, plus new power components, motors, a wide variety of range extenders including fuel cells and multiple energy harvesting - all explained in this unique report, which also looks closely at issues such as safety.

It is too early for detailed forecasts of this new industry but the report gives some numbers and many milestones over the coming decade including company profiles and intentions from interviews and recent conference presentations.

Necessarily, the coverage is global, with interesting new aircraft from Norway, Slovenia and many other countries examined together with potentially key components from Estonia to Japan and the USA.

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Table of Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1.1. Introduction to electric aircraft
1.1.1. Examples of commercially available light aircraft and hang gliders
1.2. All EV components will radically change
1.2.1. Traction motors
1.2.2. Power circuitry
1.2.3. Range extenders
1.2.4. Fuel cells are also range extenders
1.2.5. Energy harvesting, wingtip vortex turbines
1.2.6. Traction batteries
1.2.7. Supercapacitors
1.2.8. Energy storage comparisons
1.2.9. Parts merge, structured components, smart skin
1.2.10. Electric helicopters enabled
1.2.11. Europe often in the lead
1.3. Need for more benchmarking
1.4. Market projections 2013-2023
1.5. Progress in 2013
1.6. US success in 2013
1.7. 7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: Day
1 1.7.1. VTOL, hybrids and energy harvesting come center stage
1.7.2. Carbon fiber gets easier
1.7.3. Lithium-ion batteries need care
1.7.4. Disquiet about the Boeing Dreamliner
1.7.5. Way out energy sources
1.7.6. Graphene
1.7.7. Thin film photovoltaic but not yet
1.8. 7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: Day

2. INTRODUCTION
2.1. Definitions and scope
2.2. Needs
2.3. Encouragement
2.4. Impediments
2.5. Benchmarking best practice with land and seagoing EVs
2.6. Standards and rules
2.7. Airport EVs show the way
2 1.9. Latest view from Europe

3. TECHNOLOGIES
3.1. Powertrains
3.1.1. Pure electric vs hybrid
3.1.2. Convergence
3.1.3. Options
3.1.4. Range extenders
3.1.5. Airliner superconducting motor with range extender
3.2. Electric traction motors
3.2.1. Traction motors for land, water and air vehicles
3.3. Shape of motors
3.4. Location of motors
3.5. Traction motor technology preference
3.5.1. A look at all types of electric vehicle
3.5.2. Lesson for electric aircraft traction motors
3.6. Blunt motor talk at EV Japan
3.7. Switched reluctance motors a disruptive traction motor technology?
3.8. Three ways that traction motor makers race to escape rare earths
3.8.1. Synchronous motors with no magnets - switched reluctance
3.8.2. Synchronous motors with new magnets
3.8.3. Asynchronous motors
3.8.4. More to come
3.9. Implications for electric aircraft
3.10. Batteries
3.10.1. Battery history
3.10.2. Analogy to a container of liquid
3.10.3. Construction of a battery
3.10.4. Many shapes of battery
3.10.5. Trend to laminar and conformal traction batteries
3.10.6. Aurora laminar batteries in aircraft.
3.10.7. Choices of chemistry and assembly
3.10.8. Lithium winners today and soon
3.10.9. Lithium polymer electrolyte now important
3.10.10. Winning chemistry
3.10.11. Winning lithium traction battery manufacturers
3.10.12. Making lithium batteries safe
3.10.13. Boeing Dreamliner: Implications for electric aircraft
3.11. Fuel cells
3.11.1. Slow progress with fuel cells
3.11.2. Aerospace and aviation applications
3.11.3. AeroVironment USA
3.11.4. Boeing Europe
3.11.5. Boeing and Airbus USA, Europe
3.11.6. ENFICA Italy and UK
3.11.7. Pipistrel Slovenia
3.11.8. University of Stuttgart Germany
3.12. Supercapacitors, supercabatteries
3.12.1. What is a capacitor?
3.12.2. Why supercapacitors increasingly replace batteries
3.12.3. Supercabattery
3.12.4. Extreme Capacitors
3.13. Energy harvesting
3.13.1. Photovoltaics
3.13.2. Green Pioneer China
3.13.3. Gossamer Penguin USA
3.13.4. Nephelios France
3.13.5. Solair Germany
3.13.6. Sunseeker USA
3.13.7. University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd Germany
3.14. Other energy harvesting
3.14.1. Regenerative soaring
3.14.2. Wingtip vortex turbines
3.15. Hybrid powertrains in action
3.15.1. Multifuel and monoblock engines
3.15.2. Beyond Aviation: formerly Bye Energy USA, France
3.15.3. Flight Design Germany
3.15.4. Lotus UK
3.15.5. Microturbines - Bladon Jets, Capstone, ETV Motors, Atria
3.16. Hybrid aircraft projects
3.16.1. Airbus Germany
3.16.2. Delta Airlines USA
3.16.3. DLR Germany
3.16.4. Flight Design Germany
3.16.5. GSE USA
3.16.6. Hybrid aircraft university work
3.16.7. Ricardo UK
3.16.8. Turtle Airships Spain
3.16.9. University of Colorado USA
3.17. Rethinking the structural design

4. ELECTRIC HELICOPTERS/VTOL
4.1. Pure electric helicopters
4.1.1. Hirobo
4.1.2. Pascal Chretien/ SYNPER 3/ Solution F France
4.1.3. Sikorsky USA
4.2. Volocopter
4.2.1. e-volo Volocopter Germany
4.3. Hybrid helicopters
4.3.1. Examples of activity
4.3.2. Eurocopter helicopter default EV Europe
4.3.3. MyCopter Europe
4.3.4. Terrafugia flying cars USA
4.4. Design analysis

5. ELECTRIC AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT AND FLYING BOATS
5.1. Guenther Poeschel Denmark
5.2. Equator Aircraft Norway
5.3. FlyNano Finland

6. STUDIES OF LONG DISTANCE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
6.1. Light aircraft - University of Texas at Arlington USA
6.2. Potential for electric airliners

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7. ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT IN ACTION
7.1. Airliner electric nose wheel for taxiing
7.1.1. APU powered electric nose wheel
7.1.2. Honeywell Safran EGTS
7.1.3. Israel Aircraft Industries\' TaxiBot
7.1.4. Fuel cell powered electric nose wheel
7.2. Fixed wing light aircraft
7.2.1. Airbus Germany, France
7.2.2. Alatus Ukraine
7.2.3. Alisport Silent Club Italy
7.2.4. Alternair USA
7.2.5. APAME France
7.2.6. Cessna USA
7.2.7. Diamond Aircraft, Siemens, Airbus
7.2.8. Electravia France
7.2.9. Electric Aircraft Corporation USA
7.2.10. Electroflight UK
7.2.11. Falx USA
7.2.12. Flight of the Century
7.2.13. Flightstar USA
7.2.14. Flying motorcycle Samson Motorworks
7.2.15. Greenwing
7.2.16. Lange Aviation Germany
7.2.17. Pipistrel Slovenia
7.2.18. Phantom Works USA plane-car
7.2.19. Renault France
7.2.20. Russian Government Russia
7.2.21. SkySpark Italy
7.2.22. Solar Flight Italy
7.2.23. Sonex USA
7.2.24. Sunrise USA
7.2.25. Tokyo University Japan
7.2.26. Windward Performance USA
7.2.27. University of Cambridge UK
7.2.28. Yuneec International China

8. FIFTEEN YEAR TIMELINE AND MARKET NUMBERS
8.1. Forecast sales 2013-2023
8.2. Energy efficient aircraft - the next 15 years

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Aurora gun club losing longtime home at Buckley Air Force Base

June 6, 2014, 5:44 am

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The Tri-Service Sportsmen's Club will probably have to close its doors because it can't afford what its landlord, Buckley Air Force Base, wants to charge, The Denver Post reports. The Aurora gun club has operated at the base for 45 years, but hasn't had to make lease payments for the 39 acres of government property it's put to use. The monthly lease payment would be about $6,000, and that's not something the club can pay. About 47 of the club's 300 members are civilians with no previous involvement… Reported by bizjournals 8 hours ago.

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Becker's Hospital Review Names 100 Great Community Hospitals

June 6, 2014, 6:07 am

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Becker's Hospital Review has published the 2014 edition of "100 Great Community Hospitals," a list based on hospitals' accolades, quality of care and services provided to their patient populations.

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Becker's Hospital Review has published the 2014 edition of "100 Great Community Hospitals," a list based on hospitals' accolades, quality of care and services provided to their patient populations.

The hospitals featured on the list have fewer than 550 beds and minimal teaching programs. Some are suburban hospitals, but many are located in rural areas and are their communities' sole hospital. All have worked to provide the experience and quality of care their patients expect and deserve.

The Becker's Hospital Review editorial team selected hospitals for inclusion based on rankings and awards from iVantage Health Analytics, Truven Health Analytics, CareChex and American Hospital Association. iVantage recognitions considered include Healthstrong Hospitals, which are organizations in the top tier of iVantage's Hospital Strength Index rankings, and the Top 100 Critical Access Hospital list, which indicates the critical access hospital performs as well or better at the median overall than all U.S. general acute-care hospitals in clinical and operational performance and financial outcomes. Inclusion on Truven Health Analytics' 100 Top Hospitals list was also factored in.

The "100 Great Community Hospitals" 2014 list includes the following hospitals:

Adirondack Medical Center (Saranac Lake, N.Y.)

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Dowers Grove, Ill.)

Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital (Missouri Valley, Iowa)

Allen Memorial Hospital (Waterloo, Iowa)

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (Medford, Ore.)

Aspirus Medford Hospital & Clinics (Medford, Wis.)

Augusta Health (Fisherville, Va.)

Aurora Sheboygan (Wis.) Memorial Medical Center

Avera Holy Family Hospital (Estherville, Iowa)

Banner Boswell Medical Center (Sun City, Ariz.)

Baptist Saint Anthony's Hospital (Amarillo, Texas)

Black River Memorial Hospital (Black River Falls, Wis.)

Bozeman (Mont.) Deaconess Hospital

Brodstone Memorial Hospital (Superior, Neb.)

Calumet Medical Center (Chilton, Wis.)

Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis, Mass.)

Carolinas Medical Center–Northeast (Concord, N.C.)

CaroMont Regional Medical Center (Gastonia, N.C.)

Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield, Ill.)

Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene (N.H.)

Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center

Columbus (Ind.) Regional Hospital

Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center

Down East Community Hospital (Machias, Maine)

Dublin (Ohio) Methodist Hospital

East Alabama Medical Center (Opelika, Ala.)

Elmhurst (Ill.) Memorial Healthcare

Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center (Danville, Ky.)

Eau Claire (Wis.) Hospital

Fairfield (Ohio) Hospital

Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, Mass.)

Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services (Gibson City, Ill.)

Good Samaritan Hospital (Vincennes, Ind.)

Grant Regional Health Center (Lancaster, Wis.)

Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center (Panama City, Fla.)

Hammond Henry Hospital (Geneseo, Ill.)

Hegg Memorial Health Center (Rock Valley, Iowa)

Hill Country Memorial Hospital (Fredericksburg, Texas)

Holland (Mich.) Hospital

Howard Memorial Hospital (Nashville, Ark.)

Hudson (Wis.) Hospital

Huntersville (N.C.) Medical Center

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax, Va.)

Lakeland Regional Medical Center (St. Joseph, Mich.)

Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital

Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark, Ohio)

Logan (Utah) Regional Hospital

Magruder Hospital (Port Clinton, Ohio)

Marcum & Wallace Memorial Hospital (Irvine, Ky.)

Margaret Mary Community Hospital (Batesville, Ind.)

Memorial Hospital (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital

Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minn.)

Millinocket (Maine) Regional Hospital

Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital (Weston, Wis.)

Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler (Texas)

Mount Desert Island Hospital (Bar Island, Maine)

Munson Medical Center (Traverse City, Mich.)

Ocala (Fla.) Regional Medical Center

Owensboro (Ky.) Health Regional Hospital

Parkview Huntington (Ind.) Hospital

ProMedica Flower Hospital (Sylvania, Ohio)

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center (Torrance, Calif.)

Providence St. Patrick Hospital (Missoula, Mont.)

Redington-Fairview General Hospital (Skowhegan, Maine)

River Falls (Wis.) Area Hospital

Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee, Ill.)

Sentara RMH Medical Center (Harrisonburg, Va.)

Roper Hospital (Charleston, S.C.)

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast (Miramar Beach, Fla.)

Salem (Ore.) Hospital

St. Cloud (Minn.) Hospital

St. Mary Medical Center (Langhorne, Pa.)

Saint Thomas West Hospital (Nashville, Tenn.)

Scott & White Hospital – Round Rock (Texas)

Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare Shea Medical Center

Sentara Williamsburg (Va.) Regional Medical Center

Sky Lakes Medical Center (Klamath Falls, Ore.)

Speare Memorial Hospital (Plymouth, N.H.)

Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital (Lakeview, Mich.)

SSM St. Joseph Hospital West (Lake Saint Louis, Mo.)

St. Clair Hospital (Pittsburgh)

St. Francis Medical Center (Grand Island, Neb.)

St. Francis Memorial Hospital (West Point, Neb.)

St. David's Austin (Texas) Medical Center

St. Francis Downtown (Greenville, S.C.)

St. Joseph's Hospital (Chippewa Falls, Wis.)

St. Joseph's Hospital and Health Center (Syracuse, N.Y.).

St. Joseph's Hospital Breese (Ill.)

Sutter Davis (Calif.) Hospital

Tanner Medical Center-Villa Rica (Ga.)

The Outer Banks Hospital (Nags Head, N.C.)

Tomah (Wis.) Memorial Hospital

Union Hospital (Dover, Ohio)

Upland Hills Health (Dodgeville, Wis.)

Waldo County General Hospital (Belfast, Maine)

Waukesha (Wis.) Memorial Hospital

Whitman Hospital and Medical Center (Colfax, Wash.)

Woodwinds Health Campus (Woodbury, Minn.)

Wooster (Ohio) Community Hospital

Wyoming Medical Center (Casper, Wyo.)

The full list can be read here: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/100-great-community-hospitals-2014.html?utm_source=PR%20Web&utm_medium=Press%20Release&utm_campaign=100%20Great%20Community%20Hospitals.

Note: This list is not an endorsement of included hospitals, health systems or associated healthcare providers, and organizations cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Hospitals are presented in alphabetical order.

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Colorado deputy arrested for repeatedly raping estranged wife after she tried to record abuse

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An Adams County, Colorado sheriff’s deputy is under arrest for allegedly raping his estranged wife. According to the Aurora Police Department, Belmont’s estranged wife went to his home on Tuesday. “Jason Belmont…told her that she had some mail at the S. Waco Way address and that he would also give her some money,” the criminal affidavit read. “She added that she has wanted a divorce from Jason Belmont since October 2003, but Jason Belmont will […] Reported by Raw Story 5 hours ago.

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Giving a New Meaning to Saying Mass

June 6, 2014, 11:37 am

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A question I hope some can ask the folks over at the corporate-owned NRA fringe group -- is it too early yet to talk about the Seattle Pacific mass shooting? Sorry, my mistake, what I meant was the Santa Barbara mass shooting. Actually, I'm still waiting for the NRA to give to OK to talk about Newtown shooting. And Virginia Tech mass shooting. And Aurora mass shooting. And Tucson mass shooting with Gabby Gifford? And the mass shooting at Columbine? I've been champing here at the bit, waiting for the All Clear horn.The other day, talking about the mass shooting at Seattle Pacific University, the eminent host on "Fox News," Bill O'Reilly said that...oh, wait, sorry, again, he was talking about the Santa Barbara killings. It's so hard to keep them straight without a program. No matter, they're all basically interchangeable, except for the names of the lost lives and wounded. Anyway, it's not that important to dwell on it. After all, as Bill O'Reilly said, "No matter what society does, there will always be mass murder. Always."

And "always," that's a really long time.

Mind you, no matter what society does, there will always be diseases. But that hasn't stopped scientists from coming up with some pretty swell vaccines for polio and tuberculosis and smallpox. And no matter what society does, there will always be gangs, but that hasn't stopped society from creating police departments and laws to limit the danger. And no matter what society does, there will always be death, but that hasn't stop mankind from pushing the average lifespan from 34 to 75.

For that matter, no matter what society does, there will always be terrorist, but that hasn't stopped us from stripping society of civil rights protections and creating anti-terrorism forces and going to war for a decade to us as safe as possible.

No matter what society does, there will also always be mimes, but that hasn't stopped us from developing other forms of safer entertainment.

And ultimately, no matter what society does, there will always be cold-hearted, mean-spirited, self-important reactionaries who want to live decades in the past and not want life to change or accept science or that black people can be president, but that doesn't stop us from developing airplanes, radio, television, rockets, computers, electric light bulbs, telephones, mobile phones, automobiles, the heart-lung machine, and the Internet, and electing black people to public office. And give womenfolk the vote.

The point, of course, is that just because "there's always been mass murder" doesn't mean that society shouldn't try to do whatever it can to limit how many people that "mass" is when the murders occur, or limit how often the mass murders take place. That would be a good thing, no? That would be a worthwhile goal, right? There may always be mass murder, but can agree that trying to have it so that such things are harder to occur is something of value, can't we?

Besides, Mr. O'Reilly may not even be right about his certainty that "no matter what society does," mass murder can't be stopped. There are countries throughout the world that have far-stricter gun laws than exist in the United States where they have far fewer mass murders. So, even if they can't be stopped, apparently they can be much limited.

My favorite commentary about all this might be from conservative columnist John Fund, writing here in the National Review after the Newtown mass murders of little schoolchildren. Good news!, he wrote. "Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media." (And by all those dead bodies...) This happy fact would be oh-so-more cool than the impression given by Mr. Fund if the mass shootings in the past decades hadn't been so high.

"Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s to 26 in the first decade of this century," he cheerily goes on -- ignoring the basic math that this great number works out to averaging over two mass murders every single month. Month after month.

But even John Fund can find at least one bit of shining great news in all of this: "The chances of being killed in a mass shooting," he writes, "are about what they are for being struck by lightning.

And even less if you live in Finland, Norway, Switzerland or even Israel.*To read more from Robert J. Elisberg about this or many other matters both large and tidbit small, see Elisberg Industries. Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.

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June 6, 2014, 11:39 am

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The G-Unit rapper scoffs at Elle Fanning's Princess Aurora, 'I've been shot nine times. I'm not afraid of no little white girl!' Reported by AceShowbiz 2 hours ago.

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Teens Brought Airsoft Gun to Aurora School: Police

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Teens Brought Airsoft Gun to Aurora School: Police

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Two students charged after incident at Metea Valley. Reported by Patch 1 day ago.

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June 6, 2014, 3:47 pm

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Aurora firefighters are fighting a blaze on the 1300 block of South Idalia Street, according to fire officials. Reported by Denver Post 22 hours ago.

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June 6, 2014, 4:22 pm

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation created a large-scale model of the Aurora movie theater shooting scene, but defense attorneys say the model should not be allowed to be used at trial because Reported by Denver Post 22 hours ago.

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Aurora officer-involved shooting investigated

June 6, 2014, 4:45 pm

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Aurora police are investigating the circumstances of an officer-involved shooting that happened late Friday afternoon. Reported by Denver Post 21 hours ago.

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Farmers market wares include prayers

June 6, 2014, 9:13 pm

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The Rev. Deborah Tinsley Taylor wants to give shoppers at Aurora's Farmers Market the chance to take home more than fresh vegetables and baked goods this summer. Reported by ChicagoTribune 17 hours ago.

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Elle Fanning Talks Playing Princess Aurora: 'She Has More Strength' in 'Maleficent'

June 7, 2014, 12:49 am

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Elle Fanning Talks Playing Princess Aurora: 'She Has More Strength' in 'Maleficent'

Elle Fanning keeps it light and cool in an eyelet top while out to breakfast at Paty’s with her parents in Toluca Lake, Calif., on Friday morning (June 6). The 16-year-old actress recently spoke with Reuters about taking on the iconic Princess Aurora role for Maleficent. “In the animated (version), she has all those characteristics [...] Reported by Just Jared 13 hours ago.

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June 7, 2014, 7:53 am

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Elle Fanning: 'Maleficent' Answers All The Questions You Have About 'Sleeping Beauty'

Elle Fanning is all smiles while out to breakfast at Paty’s with her parents in Toluca Lake, Calif., on Friday morning (June 6). The 16-year-old actress recently spoke with Reuters about taking on the iconic Princess Aurora role for Maleficent. “All the questions you have in the original, this one answers those. You get to [...] Reported by Just Jared Jr 6 hours ago.

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Northfield Marathon Sprints Ahead of Its Competition Thanks to U-Haul

June 7, 2014, 4:14 pm

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NORTHFIELD, Ohio, June 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northfield Marathon, located at 70 W Aurora Rd., recently added U-Haul products and services to its gas-station services. Northfield Marathon can now offer its customers a variety of moving equipment and... Reported by PR Newswire 22 hours ago.

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1 injured in reported tornado in Colorado

June 8, 2014, 1:41 pm

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Injured person has minor injuries in tornado near Blackstone Country Club in Aurora. Reported by USATODAY.com 21 minutes ago.

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Zombie Outbreak: Live Action Zombies, Laser Tag at Aurora Venue

June 8, 2014, 1:59 pm

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Zombie Outbreak: Live Action Zombies, Laser Tag at Aurora Venue

Patch Oswego, IL --

In the fall, they serve up Halloween scares at their Basement of the Dead and Shattered haunted houses, ranked No. 1 in Illinois by Haunted House Chicago. Now, the business has branched out into even scarier territory: a zombie apocalypse. Zombie Outbreak Reported by Patch 4 minutes ago.

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Severe storms slam parts of Colorado

June 8, 2014, 1:23 pm

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Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin says a trough of low pressure is creating a "large extensive line" of severe weather along the Front Range from southern Colorado to the Wyoming border. [...] the Aurora Fire Department says a tornado touched down near the Blackstone Country Club southeast of Denver, causing one minor injury and flipping an empty trailer. Reported by SeattlePI.com 39 minutes ago.

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