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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Photos of the Week (03/10/13)
1) Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., walks to a waiting vehicle as he leaves the Capitol after his nearly 13-hour filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Thursday, March 7, 2013. Paul, who cited objections over the administration's policy regarding potential drone attacks on U.S. citizens, relinquished the Senate floor at nearly 1 a.m. ET early Thursday morning. In the end, it was nature that called. "I've discovered that there are some limits to filibustering, and I am going to have to take care of one of those in a few minutes here," he said to laughter after thanking his supporters and staff. Photo: Charles Dharapak / AP
2) Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the U.S. arrives for a meeting at the Synod Hall at the Vatican. Roman Catholic Cardinals decided on Friday to start their conclave to elect the next pope on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
3) 3-year-old Seth Byers looks at his father Chief Warrant Officer 3 Todd King, for the first time as more than 160 local soldiers from the 507th Engineer Battalion returned home during a homecoming event at Portage, Mich. Central High School's gymnasium, Saturday, March 9, 2013 after a 10-month deployment in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Matt Gade)
4) Supporters of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez arrive to view his body in state at the Military Academy in Caracas. Venezuelans flocked to pay tribute to Chavez two days after he died of cancer. Photo: Reuters
5) Security Council members vote for tough new sanctions against North Korea for its latest nuclear test, during a meeting at U.N. headquarters. Photo: Associated Press
6) The wrapped bodies of two dead people hang from an overpass as three more dead bodies lie on the ground in Saltillo, Mexico. Three of the five male bodies were hanging from the overpass while two others were lying on the ground when they were found early Friday. Photo: Reuters
7) Located within the 20-kilometer exclusion zone, Namie saw its coastal area wiped out by the tsunami and its inland zone contaminated by radiation. Most of the town's 21,000 former residents still hope to make a permanent move back in the future, but for now they are only allowed to return for a few hours to minimize their exposure to radiation. Wearing white protective masks and suits, Yuzo Mihara, left, and his wife Yuko pose for photographs on a deserted street in the town of Namie, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Photo: Franck Robichon / EPA
8) A child stands at the door of a shipping container serving as his accommodation in Shanghai on March 4. The containers, which house different families, were set up by the landlord, who charges rent of 500 yuan ($80) per month for each container. Photo: Aly Song / Reuters
9) Members of the San Antonio Living History Association fire muskets as they take part in a pre-dawn memorial ceremony to remember the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and those who fell on both sides, on March 6, in San Antonio, Tex. Photo: Eric Gay / AP
10) Audrina Cardenas smiles as a steady stream of doctors inspect her plastic heart protective shield a day before she was discharged from Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. Audrina Cardenas, was born with much of her heart outside her body, a highly unusual condition that's usually fatal within the first few days after birth. Photo: Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle via AP
11) The northern lights shimmer in the skies above Abisko National Park in Sweden on March 3. "In addition to the northern lights, you can also see a massive fireball streak across the sky," photographer Chad Blakley writes. "It was a fantastic night!" Photo: Chad Blakley / Lights Over Lapland
12) The planet Venus sparkles as a bright point of light, seen through the rings of Saturn, in this image from NASA's Cassini orbiter. Venus is the speck just above and to the right of the image's center. The picture was captured on Nov. 10, 2012. Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SSI
13) An Indian forestry worker walks past the body of a tusker elephant after it was struck by a Guwahati-bound Somporkkranti Express train inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve, some 12 km from Alipurduar, West Bengal, India, on March 5, 2013. Photo: AFP - Getty Images
14) Locusts land on a sand dune in Negev Desert, southern Israel, near the border with Egypt, March 5. A swarm of locusts crossed into Israel from neighboring Egypt Monday, raising fears that Israel could be hit with a biblical plague ahead of the Passover holiday. Israel sent out planes to spray pesticides over agricultural fields to prevent damage by the small swarm of about 2,000 locusts, said Dafna Yurista, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Ministry. The ministry also set up an emergency hotline and asked Israelis to be vigilant in reporting locust sightings. Photo: Ariel Schalit / AP
15) One month-old male triplet bilby joeys make their first appearance at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Queensland, on March 6. The Bilby, a nocturnal marsupial, is listed as endangered in Queensland and a vulnerable nationally. Photo: Dan Peled / EPA
16) A wild Pacific tree frog extends his vocal sack as he croaks his mating call while floating in a seasonal pond on a private farm near Roseburg, Ore., on March 2. Pacific tree frogs are also known as Pacific chorus frogs. Their "ribbit, ribbit, ribbit" song is a familiar evening sound along Pacific coast from northern California to British Columbia. Photo: Robin Loznak
17) A polar bear cub is photographed by the Buffalo Zoo on March 1.The cub was born on November 27th to mother Anana, sired by Nanuq, and has been hand raised by the Zoo’s veterinary technician and keeper staff. Though the cub is currently too small to go on exhibit for the public, she is visible within the zoo on a closed-circuit television. Photo: Kelly Brown / The Buffalo Zoo
18) A male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf swims with his mother, Kendall, at Discovery Cove in Orlando, Florida, on March 4. The calf was born on February 25, and now weighs approximately 44 pounds and is 44 inches long. This is Kendall’s fourth birth and the 26th dolphin born at Discovery Cove since the park opened in 2000. Photo: Jason Collier/ Sea World
19) Gerald Sousa's team charges down the trail at the start of the Iditarod in Willow, Alaska, on March 3. Photo: Nathaniel Wilder / Reuters
20) Lindsay Knutson, left, plays in the heavy snow with her family dog, Aspen, and daughter Flora Bejblik, 4, cq, as her husband Bob Bejblik, rear left, shovels, Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in southwest Minneapolis. The National Weather Service predicted a two-day snow total of 8 to 12 inches for much of southeastern and east-central Minnesota, including the Twin Cities. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores)
21) Jason Smith clears the sidewalk in front of his home in Fort Wayne, Ind., before heading to work as his daughters Kylie (right) , 8, and Alexa, 7, make snow angels on their day off from school. Photo: Associated Press
22) Hunter Mason, left, and Olivia Murat, on spring break from the University of Indianapolis, relax on the beach Tuesday March 5, 2013 in Destin, Florida. Spring breakers from around the country have started to arrive in Northwest Florida, thousands more are expected to arrive in the coming weeks. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)
23) Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, talks to 3-year-old Ollie Axel during her visit to Humberside Fire and Rescue Station in Grimsby, England, on March 5. Her Royal Highness met people involved in a personal development course run by The Prince’s Trust and delivered in partnership with the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service. Photo: Bruce Adams / AP
24) Gwyneth, 6 months, and Randy Roest wear false mustaches as a crowd attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the most people wearing false mustaches to kick off Gilda's LaughFest 2013 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Photo: The Grand Rapids Press
25) Forty-four-year-old Cen Yingyuan combs her 6-foot-long hair at home in Zhanjiang, China, Feb. 23. Cen is only 5 feet tall, and has not gotten a haircut in 11 years. She uses beer to keep her hair black and smooth. Photo: Xue Qiao / EPA
26) The Germantown boys basketball team completed one of the great runs in state basketball history Saturday night, defeating Mukwonago, 57-28, at the Kohl Center in the Division 1 final of the WIAA state basketball tournament. The victory gave the state its first repeat champion in Division 1 since Oshkosh West did the trick in 2006-'07 .Germantown coach Steve Showalter hands off the gold ball to his team after the Warhawks beat Mukwonago for their second straight title. Photo: Joe Koshollek for the Journal Sentinel
27) Whitefish Bay Dominican's Duane Wilson slams home two of his 26 points. Dominican beat Auburndale 57-44 to win their second straight Division 4 title. Photo: Joe Koshollek for the Journal Sentinel
28) Franklin Coach Tony Kathrens celebrates with his players after defeating rival Oak Creek 58-53 during a WIAA Sectional Semifinal at Greenfield on March 7. Franklin was ousted from the tournament by Milwaukee Riverside on Saturday. Photo: C.T. Kruger
29) The Pittsburgh Pirates parrot mascot stretches out Lil Parrot's legs imitating Minnesota Twins center fielder Darin Mastroianni as he is stretched before an exhibition spring training baseball game, Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
30) The Shamrock Club of Wisconsin’s 47th annual St Patrick’s Day Parade in Milwaukee featured more than 140 units including local politicians and celebrities, floats, bagpipe and marching bands, and Irish and Celtic organizations. The parade was presented by Westown Association, The Shamrock Club of Wisconsin and Killian’s Irish Stout. Carrying a pot of candy instead of gold, a man dressed as a leprechaun clicks his heels together as he marches in Milwaukee's St. Patrick's Parade Saturday downtown. He later was seen giving candy to one Kyla Fischer of Franklin, WI during the parade. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
31) Abigail Bennett (left), 8, of Fox Point and her brother Sullivan Bennett, 5, are not pleased as family members urged Abigail to give her brother a kiss while they took photos as they waited for the Milwaukee St. Patrick's parade to start. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
32) Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Fred Rosa hands out candy to children along the parade route. Other Milwaukee County Circuit Court judges also took part in the parade. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
33) Erin Kennon (from left), 11, of Oconomowoc, her brother Ben Kennon, 9, and Brandon Roder, 10, of Waukesha watch the parade along Wisconsin Ave. dressed in their Irish finery. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
34) Crystal Tuli of Milwaukee holds Priya Tuli, 4 months, for her first St. Patrick's Day Parade. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
35) Prior to the parade, Kyla Fischer, 3, of Franklin caught up with two of her pals, Paddy and Molly McFest from Milwaukee's Irish Fest. Photo: Jennifer Fischer
36) Kyla, a future Irish dancer, tried some moves during the parade. Photo: Jennifer Fischer
37) Kyla and another pal exchange waves. She also called across the street to tell Guido to be more careful next time. Photo: Jennifer Fischer
FINALLY,
In Oakland, photojournalists becoming victims.
And, Before he was the King.
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