Held on June 20, the summer solstice, the event called on people to participate in a sunrise-to-sunset endurance relay, with donors pledging various amounts per hour of participation.

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Wednesday morning Hickenlooper ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff between sunrise and sunset until after Clements' funeral.

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Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags in the state lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset until after Clements' funeral.

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Gov Hickenlooper has ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset until the day after Mr Clements's funeral, the Denver Post reported.

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Once more the rewards were as much visual as physical, with beachcombing camels greeting the team as they took their kayaks into the ocean froth for a wave-surfing session that lasted from sunrise to sunset.

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The discovery of slain bodies in bustling, war-torn Baghdad is a daily fact of life, as ever-present as the lively markets, the solemn mosques, the blinding sunrise and the soft sunset.

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