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Mistletoe Village Comes to Ellicott City Today

Head into the day a little more informed.

Today is World AIDS Day. In order to stop the spread of the disease, people who are infected need to know. In Howard County, the Health Department will be conducting free, anonymous, confidential testing at Howard Community College's Wellness center from 11 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. Click here for more information about support and services in Howard County for people with HIV/AIDS.

The audio file embedded above is the most recent episode of WNYC's RadioLab, which features a segment on the history and origins of the HIV virus as well as search to determine how long it has been a human virus. 

Don't let the sun fool you, we're in for another chilly day. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high temperature of just 51 degrees today, dropping to a teeth-chattering 33 degrees tonight.

Find out what's happening in Ellicott Citywith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Looking to do some local holiday shopping before ? Try , tonight from 6 - 10 p.m. at . More than 50 local vendors will have specialty items for sale.

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Find out what's happening in Ellicott Citywith free, real-time updates from Patch.

And ... On this day in 1959 the United States joined 11 countries to agree that Antarctica be used as a scientific preserve where no military activities would tolerated.  


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