5 Things You Need to Know Today: Nov. 15

1. Chelsea Nightly: Chelsea Clinton will join the "Nightly News" as a special correspondent, delivering news stories like any other TV journo. She's not the first President's daughter in the press corps: In 2009, NBC hired Jenna Bush Hager as a reporter for the "Today" show where she has delivered stories about a violin prodigy, a professional football player's charitable works, profiles of national parks and an interview with "Twilight" movie heartthrob Robert Pattinson.
 President Truman's daughter, Margaret, hosted a radio show, "Authors in the News." John F. Kennedy Jr. co-founded the political magazine "George." Vice President Walter Mondale's daughter, Eleanor, worked as a television and radio host. Most recently, NBC's cable outlet, MSNBC, hired Meghan McCain — daughter of the U.S. senator and 2008 presidential candidate — to provide political commentary.

2. How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? Unlike the Bee Gee's rhetorical ballad, it looks like stem cells may be the magic bullet, as relayed in this account of cardiac patient Ken Milles, whose once-damaged heart is beating strong again.

3. Messing with Mario's Virtual Tanooki Suit: People for Ethical Treatment of Animals are taking issue with Nintendo's iconic Mario and his new racoon skin outfit, known as a "Tanooki suit."  In Japan,  a Tanuki is a little raccoon-like dog. In "Mario 3D Land," Mario sports a fur suit, and PETA is calling for the spritely Italian cartoon car racer to take it off and not promote the killing of innocent animals.

PETA gets that Mario's not real, right?

4. Got a Retro iPod Nano? Apple has recalled the first-generation iPod nano — the music player with a small screen, no video capability, and no touch screen. Those music players sold between September 2005 and December 2006 may contain batteries that overheat. "The issue has been traced to a single battery supplier that produced batteries with a manufacturing defect," the company said in a written statement.

5.  Cinema Cabaret at the Nashua Library: It's date night at the library when the weekly movie night lands tonight, featuring "Beginners," starring Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer. If you have kids, get a sitter and join your friends at the Nashua Public Library for this R-rated film, that gets to the heart of how tranforming life can be.