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This courtroom sketch shows Aurora Police officer Jason Oviatt as he testifies at a preliminary hearing for James Holmes it a district court in Centennial, Colo., on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Investigators say Holmes opened fire during the midnight showing of the latest Batman movie on July 20, killing 12 people and wounding dozens. (AP Photo/Bill Robles, Pool) TV OUT

Colorado shooting families listen to police testimony

Dan Elliott · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This file photo provided by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office shows James Holmes, who faces faces multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the July 20 Colorado theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. and hasn't yet entered a plea. Prosecutors and defense lawyers were heading back to court Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 in advance of a crucial hearing in the case. The preliminary hearing, which starts Monday, Jan. 7, will give the public its first officially sanctioned look at much of the evidence against Holmes. Holmes' lawyers have said he suffers from mental illness. At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing, State District Judge William B. Sylvester will decide if the evidence is sufficient to put Holmes on trial. (AP Photo/Arapahoe County Sheriff, File)

Hearing may be ‘mini-trial’ in theater shootings

Dan Elliott · January 6, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this July 21, 2012 file photo, police and other vehicles remain in front of the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo. Relatives of the majority of people killed at the movie theater last July rejected an invitation on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 to attend its reopening later this month, calling it a "disgusting offer." The parents, grandparents, cousins and widow of nine of the 12 people killed released a letter sent to the theater's owner, Cinemark, in which they criticized the Plano, Texas-based company for not reaching out to the families of victims to offer their condolences. They also said the company refused to meet with them one-on-one without lawyers present. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Colorado theater shooting kin reject movie invitation

Colleen Slevin, Dan Elliott · January 2, 2013 5:00 am

Colo. gets $400M in military construction deals

Dan Elliott · December 31, 2012 5:18 pm

Volunteers take phone calls from children asking where Santa is and when he will deliver presents to their house, during the annual NORAD Tracks Santa Operation, at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday Dec. 24, 2012. Over a thousand volunteers at NORAD handle more than 100,000 thousand phone calls from children around the world every Christmas Eve, with NORAD continually projecting Santa's supposed progress delivering presents. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

NORAD says record number of calls to track Santa

Dan Elliott · December 25, 2012 8:39 am

NORAD volunteers track Santa’s progress

Dan Elliott · December 24, 2012 4:29 pm

NORAD volunteers take calls about Santa’s progress

Dan Elliott · December 24, 2012 4:16 pm

Sgt. Vincinte Jackson is shielded from cameras as he's led into court Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 for closing arguments in his court-martial at Fort Carson, Colo. Jackson is charged with premeditated murder in the death of Spc. Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis)

Army sergeant gets life in Colo. soldier’s death

Dan Elliott · December 14, 2012 7:17 am

Sgt. Vincinte Jackson is shielded from cameras as he's led into court Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 for closing arguments in his court-martial at Fort Carson, Colo. Jackson is charged with premeditated murder in the death of Spc. Spc. Brandy Fonteneaux. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis)

Army sergeant sentenced to life in Colo. slaying

Dan Elliott · December 14, 2012 6:16 am

This undated handout photo digitally altered at source to remove the background and provided by the family and the Navy shows Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque. The Department of Defense says Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pa., was killed near Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 8, while rescuing Dr. Dilip Joseph, an adviser for Morning Star Development who was abducted last week. (AP Photo/Family photo via U.S. Navy)

Rescued doc expected back in US by early next week

Dan Elliott · December 12, 2012 6:46 pm

Shooting suspect lawyers to subpoena reporter

Dan Elliott · December 10, 2012 11:45 pm

Soldier’s slaying in US is bitter irony for family

Dan Elliott · December 8, 2012 5:00 am