newsworthy items please email them to us at news and t v t v dot org and today's local knows a woman had been hitchhiking in escape from kidnap and rape attempt over the weekend and monday on a five hundred thousand dollars bail officers arrested him late saturday so about allegedly picked up a twenty four year old woman who was hitchhiking around eight a m saturday near interstate eighty at highway twenty friends and friendly and nice at first when i asked a woman to come to with him to some hot springs in nevada county and she agreed that one so i got out of the car with her in a remote area off highway twenty near bowman like his ten or allegedly changed he put a gun to her and said we're going to have sex and fun for a few days sullivan allegedly bound the woman in the hand and handcuffs put a plastic tie around each  he connected to two with the third time i then walked away from her at that point the woman got the plastic tied joining her ankles and ran managed to find a t v writers who took her to a remote cabin near the lake  six to two thousand and five according to the department of justice but in fourteen percent of all murders the victim and the killer were strangers according to federal statistics another thirty five percent of slayings involve undetermined relationships between a killer and a victim the way to be safe is simple don't pick up people and if you don't know the person don't get into the vehicle police chief john foster had advice for those who need transportation find alternative modes of transportation we have buses and taxis and there are bicycles and walking hitchhiking can be dangerous physically too because it exposes people to risk of injury on the road sides getting into a car with someone you don't know who may be on drugs or drinking you may also get into a verbal confrontation and be stranded somewhere it's better to get home safe than not to get home and all times california including felony kidnapping for purposes of rape while using a firearm in criminal threats while using a far on so event was arraigned at the county nevada city branch court judge  in a remote area of bowman lake on saturday september seventeenth two thousand and seven he used to persuade the victims like thrown on the ground and bound her wrists and ankles he told her that they would stay there now for a couple days for sex would be shoppers than about a city downtown association is embarking on myriad of projects ranging from buying a new sidewalk cleaner to improving signage the all volunteer downtown associates who founded two years ago consists of about one hundred sixty business owners from downtown city area to group's latest project was the sidewalk cleaner the twenty three hundred three hundred dollars canadian made machine was rotating brush that will scrub the sidewalks of litter blob cream cigarette butts and most anything else we raised money through assessments said jim garner chairman of the nevada city downtown association all of the businesses within a district have an annual problems normally inherent with using just a pressure washer like blowing dirt and mud on the building friends and one doesn't sending water under doors other projects that don sound association is looking at  timberland residents have done it all electronic barking dogs bear proof garbage cans bottles filled with ammonia even a surveillance telephone it automatically dials a notification call want to bear breaks in despite the precautions when it comes to this year's agency has to take charge of this problem harder and thomas joined a chorus of frustrated residents throughout the top truckee area when it comes to bare intrusions we've got exceptionally bad situation right now and the bears being in a state of pretty much frenzy said executive director brian baer they're extraordinarily intent on getting into homes because they all know higher than they've been in the past twenty years the california department of fish and game reported naming this year's draw as a primary factor at this time of the year to barry's every sensually drive in acorns have yet to fall so you have bears looking for food sources said or a spokesman of the state department of fish and game what we're stressing is that people need to be extra careful about leaving out food and other items to attract the spray paint can out of the window once a van and one fifty six pm a caller from downtown sandwich shop reported a group of five teenage boys harassing young girls as they walked by at six twenty four p m a woman from the six hundred block of second way reported her wallet was taken from a shopping cart when she was at the store seven thirty six p m a woman from the one hundred block of school street reported blood on the stairs and carport of her apartment building where her reported someone had disconnected the alarm it's northstar mine house at twelve twenty two pm a caller from fuller lake reported a reckless boarder and a speed boat going very fast near other boaters causing waves that could overturn books from three hundred block of broad street reported multiple subjects trying to jump in at one thirty three a m a woman from the twenty four thousand block of green valley road reported domestic violence by her husband the woman and her four children w put the animals there in retaliation for maintenance repair fees required by domo owners association it's three thirty one p m a caller from your in st report some man in the bush is making noises like he was being strangled another caller preparing for possible war against iran and the telegraph of london reported that pentagon has developed a list of up to two thousand bombing targets in iran el baradei head of the international atomic energy agency said there is no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or killer related activities in iran mohammed el baradei said i repeat we have not seen any undercliff facilities operated in iran we have not seen any concrete evidence that the iran program has been weapon have not received any information to that effect so i haven't heard any other information to the contrary so while we are still concerned about the nature of the iranian program we should not i do not believe at this stage are facing a clear and present danger that requires that we go beyond diplomacy el baradei also urged the world to remember that what happened in iraq before considering any similar action against tehran meanwhile congressional democrats are being accused of drafting a misleading erroneous report on iran's nuclear program el baradei said to congress no report released by democratic congressman rush holt of new jersey contains serious is clear eyed about the threat of the nation faces as a judge in a private lawyer he's written a matter of constitutional law and national security he knows what it takes to fight this war effectively who knows how to do it in a manner that just consistent with our laws and our constitution president bush made the announcement in the rose garden while standing next to michael mukasey not he said the task of helping to protect our security which the justice department shares with the rest of our government is not the only task before us the justice department must also protect the safety of our children the commerce that assures our prosperity and the rights and liberties that you find us as a nation i look forward to meeting the members of congress in the days ahead the iraqi government has announced it will review the status of all private security companies working in the country following that shootout on sunday involving employees from the company blackwater that left up to eleven civilians dead on monday iraq's interior minister announced that it revoked blackwater's license to operate in iraq the state department is now attempting to prevent their iraqi government from expelling blackwater on monday secretary of state condoleezza rice called insurgents state department spokesman sean mccormack said he had no information about any iraqi law blackwater or its employees might have so might be subject to more on blackwater later on monday former federal reserve chair alan greenspan said the removal of saddam hussein had been essential to secure world all supplies greenspan said that had the u s not gone to war in dollars a barrel correct and greenspan responded correct sort of the way i read that's the way he was going in his newly published memoirs greenspan writes i'm saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows the iraq war his life really about oh well good for me in campaign news senator hillary rodham clinton has unveiled her proposal to expand health insurance to forty seven million uninsured americans clinton said she would require that all families purchase health insurance and offer them a range of private plans as well as a public option similar to medicare which would also continue to watch and post reports clinton's hundred ten billion dollars plan is similar to the proposal offered by sen barack obama and former senator john edwards clinton's new plan would expand government funding for programs for low income adults and children and it would require employers to either insure their workers or pay a tax  proposal also would require insurers to offer health care coverage to any person who applies for it meanwhile congressman dennis kucinich has accused democratic party leaders in iowa of excluding him for two presidential events this week on sunday six o the democratic candidates were invited to speak over twelve thousand democratic voters as senator tom harkin steak fry but percentage and former senator mike gravel were not invited they also weren't invited to a recent democratic presidential forum in davenport iowa because they added when party leaders and their allies pre select with candidates they will allow the border state here it's a disservice to the voters  iowans deserve better than a rigged game and two young climate change activists are making a seventeen thousand mile trek from the north pole to the south dilate how the world is changing to global warming cooper james hooper said i mean we have had some amazing reactions the whole point of the trip is trying to evolve as many people as possible to try and encourage people to understand about global warming in the arctic se the sea ice has actually thin by fifty percent in the last twenty years in the area so actually shrunk by about thirty to forty percent in the last ten years so i mean there's a massive changes going on and we want to make people aware of those and out of lincoln nebraska independent in the state senators lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and or and threatening to cause more still he can be sued in douglas county if their legislators claim because he's everywhere state senator ernie chambers sued god last week angered by another lawsuit he considers fair was timber says he tried to make a point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody timber says in his lawsuit that god has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents inspired fear and caused widespread death destruction and terrorize millions upon millions of births and happens to almost senator who skip skips morning prayers during the legislative sessions and often criticizes christians also says god has caused for some floods hurricanes and terrifying tornadoes has sicken a permanent injunction against the all mighty chambers claiming that he violated their free speech rights chambers said bowen's lawsuit is inappropriate because in the nebraska supreme court has already considered the case and federal courts followed the decision of state supreme courts on the state matters district judge richard cough in an order last week expressed doubts to whether but once a lawsuit has any legal basis whatsoever and said sanctions may be imposed against her attorneys if they fail to show cause for the lawsuit