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Would you people get out of the road!!!

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NBC 5 Reporter Matt Rodewald was ready for the Oprah story to go away. Plus, Andy's finger keeps the FCC on speed dial and Metra goes 1998 on us! It's all in Wednesday's edition of Chat With Matt. Read More

BY Matt Rodewald

Speed Dating...Go!

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NBC 5 Reporter Matt Rodewald gives you a slice of life in the Traffic Lounge! Today's lesson: Things happen fast and you better adjust quickly! Read More

BY Matt Rodewald

Happy Birthday Z!!!

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The NBC 5 morning crew showers its love for Zoraida Sambolin as she nears her (muffled)th birthday. Plus, singing, dancing, racin' & a boring traffic week. Matt Rodewald recaps from the Traffic Lounge. Read More

BY Matt Rodewald

Friday, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:00 CDT

Oooh!!!! Ahhh!!!

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Yup, it's the big fireworks day at the Taste and get ready for idiots in Grant Park. They'll be out and about most of the day, drinking on the lakefront, getting into arguments over something silly and then fisticuffs. That's just a small minority of... Read More

BY Matt Rodewald

"My 4th Graders are cooler than your 4th Graders!"

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Got a little carried away today chatting with fabulous Ginger Zee today about the student groups we've talked to lately. She talks to a lot of schools daily. I think her exact quote to me once was "I think I'm booked through June." That was... Read More

BY Matt Rodewald

zzzzzzzz

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**I have to admit, it's been a little boring around the old Traffic Lounge lately. Monday's holiday meant there was not much to do, but even today traffic was rather anonymous with one exception. The Kennedy Expressway zoomed to an hour and it hadn't... Read More

BY Matt Rodewald