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Market wrap. >> stocks finished lower today. the dow shedding 79 points. the s&p off 13. and the nasdaq falling 52 points. stocks were pressured today by sinking oil prices, which dropped 4% on a bigger than expected build in crude stockpiles. home sales, though, bounced back last month. sales of new homes jumped 2%, driven by growth in the western u.s. however, they were off sharply in the northeast, midwest, and also in the south. and shares is of virgin america is surging 13% on reports tha...

>> it was scary because the cat started getting scared. she was scared of the two men. >> for kim the cat, it is a big decision. should she stay or should she go? >> i didnt know what was going to happen. i kept thinking that it was going to get shocked. >> one of the onlookers on site provides the play-by-play. >> oh, jesus, joseph, mary, please. oh, god, oh, god, oh, my god, oh, my god. can you let the boys take you? let the boys take you. oh, no. >> suddenly, she jumps. >> oh, my god! ahhhhh!...

Everybodys, you know, trying to figure out, you know, what were going to do. >> officials want to try to tranquilize the bear, but theyll have to be careful. >> you cant hit the bear and you miss. that darts going to come down somewhere, and with crowds around, theres always that public concern. >> the decision is made to fire the tranquilizer. the shot a direct hit. within seconds, the 105-pound bear feels the effects. >> shes going. you can just see shes getting woozy. >> it is starting to dro...

He hasnt gotten shocked already. >> minutes later, shes blasted with 7,200 volts. >> and we literally had an explosion. it was really, really horrible. >> over the years, drought has driven many bears down from the mountains into the city of albuquerque, new mexico. one such bear became legend. at that time, janet blair was a network news reporter. >> we kept getting calls in the newsroom. theres a bear loose in our neighborhood. so, we loaded in our news units, and we headed up there. >> nbc ne...

And that electrical sound, that crackle of electrical, you know. >> all of a sudden, we had a bear, like, exploding in midair. >> and the smoke and the flash, i mean, it was intense. >> and then the smell, the smell of barbecued bear. >> everybody all around is getting emotional. janet blair lets loose. "you killed the bear!" you know, shes going to run over at wring someones neck. >> i was very upset, and i stamped my foot, and i said a bad word. [ bleep ] very loudly. i am a journalist and im ...

>> it lit up the sky. you can actually feel -- you can feel the shock and the pressure of it go right through your chest. when he got zapped, something i still to this day can still feel it and hear it. so its definitely something ill never forget. >> the onlookers are stunned. >> for us, the natural reaction is for everybody to run over and help him. we had to take a second look, make sure the scene was safe. >> the rescue crew gets the all clear and the biggest shock of the day. the young man ...

Wires, its high voltage. it doesnt take much to kill a cat. with amber and her as close as they are, it would be very painful. >> given the risks to their employees, the power company is reluctant to intervene. but by the third day, the crowd is demanding action. >> i was going to get my spike shoes and climb up the pole but they said they would arrest anybody that attempts it. >> the police informed us that someone considered climbing our energized equipment to try and remove the cat. so, when ...

Town the day before. >> and i said, now that they have baby bear, the big question is, wheres mama bear? >> the answer, fast approaching a busy intersection. >> so, we get over to tramway and montgomery, and the bear heads for a power pole. and so, immediately, im thinking to myself, can a bear climb a power pole? >> when a bear feels cornered, instinct tells it where to go. straight up. now, getting her down safely is up to game and fish officials like mark burkehouser. >> it is just looking fo...

Would be unlike any other. >> everybody was shocked. myself and many guys who had many years on the job. this was something wed never seen before. >> eric and his team arrive on the scene to find a suicidal young man perched atop a power pole 30 feet up. the rescuers immediately recognized the danger. >> when youre dealing with high tension wires, were talking about death within seconds. >> its not just the suicidal young man whose life is at risk, a crowd has begun to form beneath him. if the m...

Caught on camera, high voltage. hello, im contessa brewer. welcome to "caught on camera." it can happen in a flash and with devastating impact. electrical shock. when we control it, electricity powers our lives but when its unleashed, high voltage can be terrifying. february 3rd, 1996, a desperate man attempts a perilous high wire act straight into 16,000 volts of electricity. >> i thought he blew up into a million pieces because there was such a shock and a sound, boom, that i was, whoa. >> eas...