Social networking enables inner Minnesotan

Social networking web sites aren't just for kids anymore. These days, Facebook and Twitter are teeming with baby boomers and generation Xers.

Even Morning Edition commentator Peter Smith has started poking and tweeting. He says the sites are perfectly suited to his Minnesota personality.

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