OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Matt Ryan connected with Michael Jenkins for two touchdown passes to lead Atlanta to its first shutout win in six years Sunday, 24-0 over Oakland.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Has al-Qaida become the world's first terrorist nuclear power? An interview with Brian Michael Jenkins of the RAND Corp. think tank.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Americans continue to be concerned that far worse is yet to come.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- One recurring question that has been at the forefront of most intelligence agencies since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaida on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon just 1 mile outside Washington concerns the ongoing efforts by terrorist groups to acquire weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological and mostly nuclear.

SUNRISE, Fla., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Chris Gaynor scored 21 points Saturday when Winthrop dealt No. 19 Miami its first loss of the season 76-70 in the Orange Bowl Classic.

HAIFA, Israel, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Israel will fortify its commercial airplanes with new, laser-based missile-defense technology designed by Elbit subsidiary El-Op, the company announced this month.

ATLANTA, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Joey Harrington threw two touchdown passes and veteran Morton Anderson kicked four field goals Sunday to lead the Atlanta Falcons past Houston, 26-16.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A New York Police Department report issued Aug. 15 is the most thorough study yet describing the trajectories of radicalization that produced operational terrorist cells around the world, and can help authorities find ways to slow the process.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Acie Law and Antanas Kavaliauskas scored 22 and 20 points respectively Tuesday as 11th-ranked Texas A&M defeated Winthrop, 71-51.