By NdzeNtuv Evaristus Tunka

Alvin Greene, a former soldier who served 13 years in the South Carolina Air National Guard, and the South Carolina Army Guard, won the Democratic primary for Senate in his home state of South Carolina, in what political pundits call a mystery. Greene will face Republican incumbent Jim DeMint in November’s Senate elections.

Greene’s victory has taken every one by surprise, as the 32 year-old Vet is unemployed, lives with his parents, and facing possible felony charges for alleged obscene pictures he showed to a college student. The baffling results however are no surprise to Greene, who in an interview said "I wasn’t surprised, but not really. I mean, just a little, but not much.

Host of Related Setbacks Includes Drops in Pre-Kindergarten Enrollment, Rise in Drug Use and Violence

The first report to offer comprehensive data on the impact of the recession on American children's overall quality-of-life was released today by the Foundation for Child Development (FCD). The 2010 Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) offers data on children's well-being from the first year of the recession (2008), and includes projections for years 2009 through 2012. Chief among the findings is that, by 2010, the recession will wipe out virtually all progress made for children in the Family Economic Well-being Domain since 1975.  This domain includes the rate of children living in families beneath the poverty line, median family income and secure parental employment.