. >> the mama bear, who came to be affectionately known as sparky, spends five months at the rio grandeare of a team of veterinarians. she gains 75 pounds. and after reuniting with her cub, she's returned to the wild. >> people did get attached to this bear. it became albuquerque's bear. mama bear coming and looking for her cub, this traumatic incident occurs, yet they are reunited and able to be turned loose. i think it is a story of hope, you know. >> many wildlife officials rely on airbags to cushion the fall of bears they have to sedate, a development they owe, in some part, to sparky the bear. >>> december 6th, 2010. in tucson, arizona another animal is stuck high on an electrical pole. this time, a cat who's been up there for three days. >> i just thought the cat might either slip and fall off or get into the power lines and get shocked and die. >> but kim the cat surprises everyone. >> on a monday cameraman andrew brown heads out to cover the story. all day, phone lines had been buzzing in the newsroom. >> people were so upset about this cat being on this pole and them not being

. >> he is crossing them over and then he flips the ball over and then dunks on sparky. some people thought hardin was rude. he loved it because he has become an instagram and twitter star. abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> he had a good time.

i got to talk with baseball veteran sparky lyle who played for the yankees and phillies and he gave sometips on how to throughout the first pitch because you haven't been so hot lately here's is a nice. >> we always tell everybody to throw right for the catchers nose. >> so bill took advice and look at the pitch. >> well done. >> i want to get my job back, looking for respect, looking for my medical benefits for my family. i'm not making ends meet right now. >> that was randy, just a few years ago he had a dream a dream job as a police officer at king university. according to him he was a victim of racially and sexually charge pranks, been called jewish and homophobic slurs culminating to his wrongful termination in 2014. >> 14. >> in 2009 i went to the dispatch area where i saw computer screen is manipulated and it had me and another officer with a gay flag and a heart around us. also there is another where had a student committed for hit-and-run accident we have case cards that we write the case number on her we can use business cards, use my business card because i was the officer, wr

the lead-off man gets to sparky. revere off to the right.ll second, brice harper would reward him. no chance. this one would stay in the park, though. you're not going to throw out a guy like ben revere. first player in nats expo history with three runs scored in the game and that's there on the board. later on, big time night here with three outs from anthony rendone. the buffalo is going to slide in safely. we are now up at 4. espinosa. the abcs of baseball always be scoring. trust me, it makes sense. rendell comes around and scores the go-ahead run. espy with a 5-1 magness still proud of his score. they would add another one. your final in this game 11-4. afterwards, brice harper on the big night. >> we're down but not really down. we've got a great team, and the way we've been playing well, i think we've been swinging the bat well, had some good at-bats. we finally put it together and really had a great approach. >>> tomorrow night's pitching prospect lucas gialido will make his major debut for the nationals. >>> we'll head out to shocki

. >> he is crossing them over and then he flips the ball over and then dunks on sparky.ople thought hardin was rude. he loved it because he has become an instagram and twitter star. abc7 sports is brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> he had a good time.

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. >> james harden messing around and watch him fake out sparky here. some people think it was cruel but the little boy hoffed it and he was having a great time. >> don't play one on one with james harden. >> not planning to. >> coming up, possible shugs to the drought scientists didn't know about until now. what we have to do to tap into the water, at 9:00. >> then, at 11:00 a sting ends and which locations are charged with failing to install critical safety features. >> we want to let you know south of 17 will be closed because of the wildfire. and get breaking news updates any time on twitter, wul see you tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- an analyst from seattle, washington... an actuary, originally from peachtree corners, georgia... and our returning champion, a medical informaticist from huntington beach, california... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek. thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. good audience with us today, and that's going to help the contestants because th

. >> james harden messing around and watch him fake out sparky here. some people think it was cruel but the little boy hoffed it and he was having a great time. >> don't play one on one with james harden. >> not planning to. >> coming up, possible shugs to the drought scientists didn't know about until now. what we have to do to tap into the water, at 9:00. >> then, at 11:00 a sting ends and which locations are charged with failing to install critical safety features. >> we want to let you know south of 17 will be closed because of the wildfire. and get breaking news updates any time on twitter, wul see you tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. - [voiceover] get ready for our funniest, craziest, most shocking pranks of the season. (upbeat music) and it's all just for laughs gags! welcome to our best shocker pranks special. hey, not sure how to watch a prank show? allow us to train you. (horn) (audience laughter)