NYC Responds To Unsubstantiated Radiological Threat

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First Posted: 08-11-07 09:13 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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AP :

Authorities were taking extra counterterrorism precautions Friday in response to what they said was an unsubstantiated radiological threat to the city.

Officials said they had not changed the city's terror alert status in response to online chatter mentioning a truck packed with radioactive material. But police deployed extra radiological sensors on street, water and air patrols, and were stopping vehicles at checkpoints in lower Manhattan and around the city.

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