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JACKSON, Miss. — The fund set up to compensate victims of last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has paid more than $5 billion in claims, fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg said Tuesday. His report says the Gulf Coast Claims Facility had received 947,892 claims from all 50 states and 36 foreign countries. It said 359,441 claims were paid and 430,000 were denied. Some are pending. Claims are still coming in.
Denver Post wire services
