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Tropical Storm Igor grows into hurricane in Atlantic


    MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Igor strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, but posed no immediate threat to land or energy interests.

    The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Igor had top sustained winds of 75 miles per hour as it spun westwards in the open sea about 1,275 miles east of the Leeward Islands.

    (Reporting by Pascal Fletcher)