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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.

Photos of the Week (10/12/08)

By Kevin Fischer
Sunday, Oct 12 2008, 08:50 AM




 Wall Street

Trader Arthur Cashin wears a "Dow 10,000" hat, one that was given out when the Dow Jones Industrial Average first hit 10,000 on March 29, 1999, as he works on the NYSE trading floor Monday Oct. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)


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Members of Code Pink protest as former AIG CEO Martin Sullivan (R) leaves after he testified at a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill October 7, 2008 in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine the causes and effects of the AIG bailout. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images


 NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 07:  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) speaks during the Town Hall Presidential Debate with Republican presidential candidate John McCain (R-AZ) (L) at Belmont University's Curb Event Center October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. Tonight's debate is the second presidential debate of three, the only one being held in the town hall style with questions coming from audience members. From Getty Images.

 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. listens as Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, answers a question during a town hall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. From AP Photo by Charles Dharapak.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) take part in their Town Hall Presidential Debate at Belmont University's Curb Event Center October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. The debate was the second presidential debate of three, the only one being held in the town hall style with questions coming from audience members. (photos from AP and Getty Images)


 Peanuts Promo

Live Peanuts cartoon characters, including Charlie Brown, participate in a mock presidential election Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, to promote the release of the DVD "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown." (AP Photo/Ric Francis)


 

Ralph Ham, owner of Ham’s Bellevue Bar, says that he avoids political discussions in his bar. (Photo: Monica Almeida/The New York Times)  I love this photo. Captured on the TV behind Ham, one of the great TV shows of recent times, and its best character.





University of Oregon student Ella Barrett, a junior, holds up ...

University of Oregon student Ella Barrett, a junior, holds up a sign on campus as part of an effort to sign up new voters in Eugene, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. The push to sign up new voters has been heavy on campus as young people are showing more interest in this historical presidential election.(AP Photo/Don Ryan) 


Osama Ballot

A general election absentee ballot from Rensselaer County, N.Y. misspelling the name of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is seen, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in Sand Lake, N.Y. The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." In the United States, the best-known individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City. (AP Photo/The Albany Times Union, Michael P. Farrell)



McCain Palin 2008 Protest

A pregnant woman with a Barack Obama symbol on her belly sits with protestors against Republican Party policies outside the hotel before the arrival of Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for a fundraiser in Pittsburgh, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)



 

A Roman Catholic priest followed by military officials blessed 50 new machine guns in Kauswagan, a town on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, to help the military in its operation against rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Photo: Agence France-Presse — Getty Images



 Iraq Security

An Iraqi policeman and an American soldier examine two rockets they discovered while on a routine patrol in the district of Dora in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)



 Anti-government protesters take cover after the police fired tear gas during a dispersal operation near Government House in Bangkok on October 7, 2008. Thai police bombarded protesters with tear gas October 7 in a bid to end a blockade of parliament, leaving 190 people hurt as months of political turmoil boiled over into clashes, police and medics said. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

Anti-government protesters take cover after the police fired tear gas during a dispersal operation near Government House in Bangkok on October 7, 2008. Thai police bombarded protesters with tear gas October 7 in a bid to end a blockade of parliament, leaving 190 people hurt as months of political turmoil boiled over into clashes, police and medics said. (GETTY IMAGES)



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Constable Aakash Kumar guards Dal Lake during a curfew October 6, 2008 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. A strict curfew in Indian Kashmir was imposed yesterday as thousands of troops have been deployed to prevent a major pro-independence rally from taking place on Monday. The curfew includes all Muslim towns within Indian Kashmir. Separatist leaders have also been detained. Kashmiri people have been protesting against Indian rule claiming that they are alienated from the Indian state and want a platform for autonomy. (Photo Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)




 A man carries an injured girl inside an ambulance, during an operation searching for survivors at the site of the collapsed apartment building in down town Alexandria, Egypt, early Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. A police official says at least 10 people died and six other residents were wounded when a six-story apartment building collapsed in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. From AP Photo by AP.

A man carries an injured girl inside an ambulance, during an operation searching for survivors at the site of the collapsed apartment building in down town Alexandria, Egypt, early Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. A police official says at least 10 people died and six other residents were wounded when a six-story apartment building collapsed in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. (AP)




 APTOPIX VATICAN PIUS XII

In this photo provided by the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, Pope Benedict XVI, fourth from the bottom of the stairs at left, makes his way to a crypt below the main alter in St. Peter's Basilica, to pray before Pope Pius XII tomb, after a mass to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the late pontiff, at the Vatican Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Benedict XVI has given a push to possible sainthood for Pope Pius XII, as he defended the World War II pontiff Thursday from accusations that he did little to spare Jews from the Holocaust. Benedict contends his predecessor acted silently to save as many Jews as possible and expressed hope that efforts aimed at his beatification would proceed "smoothly." Beatification is the last formal step before sainthood. Some writers and Jewish leaders others have accused Pius of not doing enough to try to stop the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews died. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO)




 Cemetery workers take a break after digging the hole where the coffin containing the remains of Jose Luis Garza will rest in Monterrey, Mexico Tuesday, October 7. Garza, who weighed 450-kilograms, 990-pounds, and who had earlier appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem, died Tuesday Oct. 7, of heart failure, his family said.

Cemetery workers take a break after digging the hole where the coffin containing the remains of Jose Luis Garza will rest in Monterrey, Mexico Tuesday, October 7. Garza, who weighed 450-kilograms, 990-pounds, and who had earlier appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem, died Tuesday Oct. 7, of heart failure, his family said.(MONICA RUEDA, ASSOCIATED PRESS) 



 

 APTOPIX Malaysia Chinese Festival

Malaysian Chinese carrying an Emperor God walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Participants have abstained from meat for the past nine days in order to purify their bodies in preparation for this painful ritual, in which women are barred from participating. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)



 Belgium EU WWF

World Wide Fund (WWF) members are dressed to protest against the construction of new coal mines in Europe, in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday Oct. 7, 2008. Later Tuesday members of the European Parliament are voting on the EU's response to climate change with implications for the construction of over 50 coal plants in Europe. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)




People search for usable coal at a cinder dump site on a hazy ...

People search for usable coal at a cinder dump site on a hazy day in Changzhi, Shanxi province October 7, 2008. Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warned on Monday, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises. REUTERS/Stringer




Belgium EU Bullfight Protest

Partially clothed protesters seen with taped on banderillas, a decorated barbed dart, lay in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. The activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were protesting against EU tax payers money being used to organize Bullfights in Spain. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)




 A man walks past a sculpture of an executioner during an exhibition on medieval execution methods in the Peter and Paul fortress in St Petersburg October 5, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

A man walks past a sculpture of an executioner during an exhibition on medieval execution methods in the Peter and Paul fortress in St Petersburg October 5, 2008. (Reuters)




 

Still flooded: Despite constant pumping, Kate and Mike Holzum of Mukwonago still have nearly five feet of water standing in their basement since the June floods. Engineers say homes in the area were built at extraordinarily low elevation levels without adequate drainage. Journal Sentinel photo: Gary Porter


 

  Deborah Moore, a cancer survivor and owner of Country Treasures ...

Deborah Moore, a cancer survivor and owner of Country Treasures in Hernando, Tennessee is offering free literature, hats and wigs to women undergoing cancer treatment.
Photo: Thomas Busler, Memphis Commerical Appeal. 




 The White House honors Breast Cancer awareness

The White House is illuminated by pink lights in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month as seen from the North Lawn in Washington, DC, on October 7, 2008. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images




  Paralympian Jennifer Armbruster (C) presents team jackets to US President George W. Bush (L) and his wife Laura Bush (R) after Bush made remarks to the 2008 US Summer Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House, October 7, 2008, in Washington.

Paralympian Jennifer Armbruster presents team jackets to President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura the President delivered his remarks to members of the 2008 United States Summer Olympic and Paralympic Teams Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Getty Images)




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Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps (top-L) shakes hands with US President George W. Bush (bottom-R) after Bush made remarks to the 2008 US Summer Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House, October 7, 2008, in Washington, DC. Also pictured are paralympian Jennifer Armbruster (bottom-L) and olympic swimmer Garrett Weber-Gale (top-R). (Getty Images)






President George W. Bush kisses Army Lieutenant Melissa Stockwell, Paralympian and Iraq war veteran, after she presents President Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush with the American Flag that flew over the Olympic Village in Beijing following his remarks to members of the 2008 United States Summer Olympic and Paralympic Teams Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House. White House photo by Eric Draper
 





 

 



























Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig throws the ceremonial first pitch before Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Milwaukee. Michael Conroy/AP 






























From top, the Phillies' Pat Burrell, top, is congratulated by teammates Jayson Werth (28), Ryan Howard (6) and Shane Victorino (8) after hitting a three-run home run during the third inning in Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Milwaukee. Ben Smidt/AP





The Philadelphia Phillies celebrate after winning Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Milwaukee. The Phillies won 6-2 to advance to the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ben Smidt/AP





























The Brewers' Prince Fielder (28) and Bill Hall (2) leave the dugout after losing Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in Milwaukee. The Phillies won 6-2 to advance to the NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Charlie Neibergall/AP






Green Bay Packers' Greg Jennings sits in the stands after his second-half TD catch. Dan Powers/Gannett Wisconsin Media





Atlanta Falcons linebacker Michael Boley (59) celebrates with teammate Roddy White (84) after Boley made an interception in the fourth quarter during Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Photo by Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette







Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) hangs his head as he walks off the field after the Packers loss to the Atlanta Falcons during Sunday's game at Lambeau Field. Photo by Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette




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Regan Smith, driver of the #01 DEI/The Principal Financial Group Chevrolet crosses the finishline with Tony Stewart, driver of the #20 Subway/Home Depot Toyota at the end of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 5, 2008 in Talladega, AL. Stewart won the race after NASCAR Officials reviewed the finish and found Smith crossed below the yellow line to pass. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)





US player Jennifer Boss signals to her teammate April Ross during their qualifying Beach Volleyball match against Kazakhstan in Dubai on October 7, 2008. More than 25 players from over 40 nations are competing in the first edition of the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Dubai Open. The event will end on October 11, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

US player Jennifer Boss signals to her teammate April Ross during their qualifying Beach Volleyball match against Kazakhstan in Dubai on October 7, 2008. More than 25 players from over 40 nations are competing in the first edition of the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Dubai Open. The event ended on October 11, 2008. (Getty Images)




Nepal Everest Skydiving

This Oct. 5, 2008 photograph provided by Canadian skydiver Neil Jones shows Neil Jones as he performs a parachute jump near Mount Everest in Nepal. According to the Everest Skydive 2008 official blog, Neil Jones of Canada along with Holly Budge of Britain and Wendy Smith of New Zealand all jumped solo out of a plane at an altitude of almost 9,000 meters (29,500 feet) over the world's tallest peak Sunday. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Neil Jones)




 This photo, supplied by Patty Watson, shows ...

This photo, supplied by Patty Watson, shows 1,450 Frontier Middle School students, teachers, staff, and volunteers standing to form an American eagle in Hamburg, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Designer Patty Watson has staged 10 similar photos representing different symbols of America since 9/11 to teach children about patriotism. Photographer Dave Sion took this from the bucket of a fire truck 100 feet in the air. (AP Photo/Patty Watson-Dave Sion)





Waitresses sit on a table after the end of the beer festival Oktoberfest 2008 in a festival tent in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday evening, Oct. 5, 2008. Thousands of peoples visited the world largest beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich during the last two weeks. From AP Photo by Christof Stache.

Waitresses sit on a table after the end of the beer festival Oktoberfest 2008 in a festival tent in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday evening, Oct. 5, 2008. Thousands of peoples visited the world largest beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich during the last two weeks. (AP)


 ADDITION Brazil Penguins Released

In this photo released Monday, Oct. 6, 2008 by International Fund for Animal Welfare, penguins are released at the Cassino Beach, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. More than 370 frigid water penguins that mysteriously stranded in the warm waters of northeastern Brazil have been released into the ocean, environmentalists said.(ASSOCIATED PRESS)



 APTOPIX Brazil Parrots

Baby parrots sit in a federal police station in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. Federal police said a man was arrested while trying to smuggle 200 baby parrots which have a black market value of close to US$15,000. The parrots will be taken to a recovery center at Ibama, Brazil's environmental agency, before being returned to their natural habitat. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)





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Yuri and Sasha, a pair of rare Amur tigers get fed at their new home the Highland Wildlife Park on October 6, 2008 in Kincraig, Scotland. With only 500 remaining in the wild, it is hoped that the pair will continue to contribute to the worldwide breeding programme, which acts as a safety-net against extinction. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)





 JAPAN - 14-year-old female sea lion Cookie controls a plastic pumpkin during a show at the Shinagawa Aquarium in Tokyo.

14-year-old female sea lion Cookie controls a plastic pumpkin during a show at the Shinagawa Aquarium in Tokyo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)





 What's mine is yours: Precisely one half of the couple's house is left standing on stilts in the Cambodian village after the divorcing couple split their assets

A married couple who decided to go their separate ways agreed to divide their home and its contents literally - by sawing the house in half. One day the house was standing on stilts in a Cambodian village. The next, only half was there. The wife will keep the half that is standing, while the husband has carried off bits and pieces of the home to put them up in a nearby field.The extraordinary case came about after the couple, whose privacy is being protected by the village chief in the Kamchay Mea district of Cambodia, agreed that after 40 years of living together their marriage was over. (Photo: The London Mail)




 In this photo distributed by China's Xinhua ...

In this photo distributed by China's Xinhua news agency, pregnant women show up the colored paintings on their bellies during a colored body drawing and beauty contest of pregnant women held in Haikou, south China's Hainan province, on Wednesday October 8, 2008. Fourteen pregnant women took part in the final of contest here Wednesday, according to Xinhua. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Peng Tong)




 Neiman Marcus Christmas

Brady White as Santa, right, dances with models Brooke Tobolka, left, and Donny Boaz, back, during the unveiling of the 82nd edition of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book in Irving, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. A 35-year collection of 45 RPM records is one of the featured wow gifts priced at $275,000., in the Christmas Book. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)





 APTOPIX Neiman Marcus Christmas

Artist Nathan Sawaya, left, and his girlfriend Courtney Simmons poses with LEGO brick sculptures of themselves during the unveiling of the 82nd edition of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book in Irving, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Featured as the His and Hers gift, life-size sculptures made of LEGO bricks can be purchased for $60,000., for each. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)




Neiman Marcus Christmas

Harlem Globetrotter Buckets Blakes, left, and Reed Luter, 10, demonstrate how to spin a basketball on the index finger during the unveiling of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book in Irving, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Playing with the Harlem Globetrotters in a game as a special guest in the 2008-09 season is one of the featured wow gifts in the Christmas Book. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

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Karen123   

Regan Smith won that race.  :(  

Jimmie still leading the Chase.  :)

October 12, 2008 10:34 PM

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