“The Star Tribune Company” on The Daily Caller

Minnesota is not San Francisco, and Minnesotans like it that way.  It is a state where tradition, family, and religion are valued, and where the airs of yuppy, urban intellectual elitism are scorned.  Certainly there are pockets of such attitudes in some parts of the Twin Cities and on a number of university campuses throughout the state, but Minnesotans as a whole are much more meat-and-potatoes.  It is a state filled with hard-working, middle-class, blue-collar, labor union people with jobs in agriculture and industry. (more)

In The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) models Facebook on Harvard’s legendary final clubs, private groups made up of some of the school’s most privileged students. But the clubs are as secretive as they are exclusive, which meant researching them was no easy task for screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. Luckily, he got a hand from one of the school’s most famous alums: Natalie Portman. The star studied at Harvard from 1999-2003 and dated a member of the famous Porcellian Club — and she couldn’t wait to tell Sorkin all about it. (more)

Joe Giudice, the husband of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice, has reported to jail to serve a 10-day sentence for driving with a suspended license. (more)

Has Queen Amidala turned to the dark side? (more)

Brett Favre told ESPN’s Ed Werder in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Wednesday that he has not made any decision about returning to play for the Minnesota Vikings this season and says he will play if healthy. (more)

MANKATO — Vikings coach Brad Childress denied Tuesday morning that Brett Favre has informed him he planned to retire. (more)

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A source close to the situation said that McCready and her ex engage in explicit sex in the XXX video. But that’s not all. (more)

When Chris Shays of Connecticut, the last New England Republican in the House, lost his seat in 2008 pundits said it marked the end of Republicanism in the Northeast. (more)