TV ad in which he touts the fact that he "voted against (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi's energy tax on Hoosier families."

-- The Club for Growth made its first round of post-primary endorsements today, backing Republican House nominees Mick Mulvaney in South Carolina's 5th district, Tim Griffin in Arkansas' 2nd, Stephen Fincher in Tennessee's 8th and Todd Young in Indiana's 9th.

-- Meanwhile, a new Talk Business poll shows Griffin leading his Democratic rival, state Sen. Joyce Elliott, 52 percent to 35 percent among likely voters.

-- Iowa state Sen. Brad Zaun (R) said that he had used "poor judgment" in a 2001 incident in which he was told by police to stay away from his former girlfriend after he reportedly harassed her.

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-- If it's Friday, it's The1993 when appellee Debra Kay Schmidt filed for separation and then for divorce from appellant Manuel E. Saavedra. Initially, Schmidt was awarded physical custody of the children, while Saavedra was granted only supervised visitation. Years later, Schmidt fled to Texas with the children in violation of the California court's orders. Incensed by Schmidt's conduct, the California court awarded sole legal custody of the children to Saavedra, a convicted child molester who had never enjoyed unsupervised visitation with the children; it further ordered no contact between Schmidt and the children. Following a series of legal proceedings and allegations of unseemly conduct by the parents, the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services involved itself in the dispute. A Texas court assumed temporary emergency jurisdiction and entered temporary orders regarding