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Threats Against NFL Stadiums Not Credible

From CNN.com:

The Department of Homeland Security has sent an advisory to the National Football League and local officials advising of a possible, uncorroborated bomb threat against some NFL stadiums.

The threat, posted on a Web site, alleges that dirty bombs could be used this weekend against seven stadiums -- in Miami, New York, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland and Cleveland. The bombs were to be delivered by truck, the posting said.

On its Web site, the U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission describes a dirty bomb as a device that combines a conventional explosive, such as dynamite, with radioactive material. According to the NRC, a dirty bomb is in no way similar to a nuclear weapon. The presumed purpose of its use would be as a weapon of mass disruption rather than a weapon of mass destruction.

Well, if something were to happen during the Arizona/Oakland game, it would only be the second-biggest blowup the Cardinals have experienced this week.

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Thank you, thank you ladies and germs, I'll be here all week.  Tip the veal and be sure to try your waitress.

But seriously. . .if a story like this gets to this stage, there's a pretty good chance of it not happening.  If anyone out there is attending the game at Qwest Field this weekend, feel free to carry on with business as usual.