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9/11, Va. Tech. mediator to dole out Aurora funds

By Solomon Banda, Thomas Peipert
Published September 23, 2012 4:00am ET
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9/11, Va. Tech. mediator to dole out Aurora funds
Defense Attorney Daniel King, left, leads the defense team out of the courtroom after a hearing for suspected theater shooter James Holmes in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Holmes has been charged in the shooting at the Aurora theater on July 20 that killed twelve people and injured more than 50. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) | Ed Andrieski

DENVER (AP) — The mediator who oversaw compensation for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks will oversee the distribution of money donated to the victims of the deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Friday.

Twelve people were killed and 58 injured in the July 20 attack in Aurora during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

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