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5 Things You Need to know Today: Sept. 7

We'll never know if Buddy Holly would have retained his spectacular hair into his golden years, but the bespectacled rock crooner would've been 75 today. Don't let the rain stop you from adding some Buddy Holly into your iPod rotation today.

1. Oooh wee oooh: Buddy Holly would be 75 today! Here's our tribute, courtesy of Weezer and YouTube.

2. Rain likely: And patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 62. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

3. Hashtag Your Commander in Chief: President Obama was going to address the nation tonight about jobs, but his speech has been postponed a day. That gives you time to think of some good follow-up questions, which you can send to his press secretary via Twitter, @PressSec, for a Friday post-speech Tweetup Briefing. Got other plans for Friday? You can play catchup by searching the #WHTweetup hashtag. 

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4. Just say no: American adults are smoking less, according to a recent Center for Disease Control report. Still, I see a lot of car smokers. I think America is turning into a society of shunned secret smokers. You?

5. Regis exits, stage left: Followers of the popular "Live with Regis & Kelly" show know that Nov. 18 will be Regis Philbin's last day hosting the long-running show. The 80-year-old entertainer, who announced his departure on Tuesday, said "the show will go on."

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