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Feds Play Down NFL Dirty Bomb Threat

A Web site is claiming that seven NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend. However, the government is expressing doubts about the threat.

A Web site is claiming that seven NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend. However, the government is expressing doubts about the threat.

The warning was part of an ongoing Internet conversation titled "New Attack on America Be Afraid." It was posted October 12th.

It mentioned NFL stadiums in New York, Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland and Cleveland, where games are scheduled for this weekend.