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Kitten Rescue + Skeptical Lottery Winners + HIV Cure: MD Good News

A Maryland company is working to cure HIV. Kitten caught in a car engine came out purring. Skeptical lottery winners. Here's the good news.

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A gray kitten somehow became stuck in the engine of a vehicle heading down Route 29. The tiny feline was rescued by Howard County police officers.
A gray kitten somehow became stuck in the engine of a vehicle heading down Route 29. The tiny feline was rescued by Howard County police officers. (Photo courtesy of the Howard County Police Department)

MARYLAND — A kitten caught in a car engine had nine lives. A company pushing to create a cure for HIV. And a pair of skeptical lottery winners.

Other stories spotlighted a nonprofit that has empowered kids with disabilities for three decades, firefighters saved a stuck bird in a storm drain, and a restaurant reopened a day after a car plowed into the building.

Here are our happiest headlines of the week:

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Cops Rescue Kitten Stuck In Car Engine Along Busy Highway

A tiny gray kitten darted across a highway and somehow ended up stuck in the engine of a passing vehicle. The driver pulled over and called 911, hoping officers could help. "Hey I see you," the officer said.

Lottery Winner Seeks Confirmation That Ticket Is Worth $30K

A married man with a baby on the way needed some extra confirmation that he'd won the first $30,000 top prize on the $3 Red Hot Cash scratch-off game from the Maryland Lottery. He told lottery officials that at first he didn't believe the ticket he'd purchased at a Safeway was a winner.

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Nonprofit Celebrates 31 Years Of Empowering Children With Disabilities

KEEN Greater DC, which provides free recreational actives for children and adults with disabilities, celebrated its 31st anniversary at Rockville's Timberlawn Local Park.

Player Wins $50K By Matching 5 Numbers On MD Lottery Ticket

A 61-year-old wasn't sure whether he'd won big at first, because the numbers were too small on his phone screen to read.

Promising Research By MD Firm Gene Cell Therapy For HIV Cure

American Gene Technologies, a Maryland biotech firm, said it was standing up a new company to oversee its HIV treatment project. The "one-and-done" HIV cure that Addimmune would develop would be designed for patients living with disease.

Baby Bird Rescued From Storm Drain By Firefighters

When residents heard a baby bird chirping from down inside a storm drain, they found the baby's mom desperately trying to get inside the storm drain. An engine crew turned out to help return it to its mom.

Peter's Grill Reopens After Car Crashes Into Side Of Building

A car smashed into the side of Peter's Grill in Rockville early Wednesday night, but the wall was boarded up and the restaurant was open for business on Thursday morning.

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