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Ida weakens to tropical storm -US hurricane center

Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:51am EST
HOUSTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center on Monday downgraded Ida, churning in the Gulf of Mexico, to a tropical storm from a hurricane.

(Reporting by Chris Baltimore; Editing by Will Dunham)

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