A look at some of this week's noteworthy television: Spike TV's Video Game Awards 2007 (Sunday, 9:00 p.m., Spike TV) It is the fifth annual outing for this awards show for video games. Live From Lincoln Center: Red Hot Holiday Stomp (Monday, 8:00 p.m., WNET 13) Jazz at Lincoln Center is highlighted with this special hosted by Glenn Close. There will be a program of holiday music and jazz, plus it also features the broadcast......

Even though today is the coolest day in more than a week, it still is much warmer than an average late-October day. The Times had a story yesterday on our unusually warm October. A Penn State meteorologist said in the article that this might not be a record warm October for New York City but it would be close. Since we said something similar a week ago we thought we'd revisit the topic. Through......

The Jets and the Giants took very different approaches to the draft on Saturday, but when the day was over, both had primarily upgraded their defenses. Five of the six selections made by the locals were defensive players and both teams hope they addressed some key needs. The Jets had a clear idea of what players they wanted and went after them, trading up in both rounds. In the first round, New York traded......

It's birdseed throwing or bubble blowing time with this weekend's NY Times wedding announcements. Total Number of Weddings: 12 (including Vows column) Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1 Youngest Bride: 24 Oldest Bride: 48 Youngest Groom: 26 Oldest Groom: 56 Biggest Age Difference: 8 years Number of Couples Where Bride and Groom Are the Same Age: 3 (ages 27, 36, and 37) Number of Cornell Graduates Married: 2 Number of Penn State Graduates Married: 2......

Lots of Times Weddings Announcements today! Total Number of Weddings: 22 (including Vows column) Total Number of Same-Sex Weddings: 1 Youngest Bride: 25 Oldest Bride: 64 Youngest Groom: 26 Oldest Groom: 70 Biggest Age Difference: 13 years Number of Couples Where Bride and Groom Are the Same Age: 3 (ages 26, 29, and 34) Number of Cornell Graduates Married: 4 Number of University of Michigan Graduates Married: 3 Number of Brown Graduates Married: 2......

How often does college football matter to a New York-area team? Rutgers's game against Louisville garnered enough attention the Empire State Building was lit up in scarlet. It was the biggest local game in recent memory. But despite all the hype, the Scarlet Knights were heavy underdogs to the Cardinals, even at home. A last-minute field goal by Jeremy Ito stunned the No. 3 Cardinals and capped a shocking 28-25 Rutgers win. The result......

Yesterday's story about the drunk Penn State student who survived a fall into the R/W tracks - and 2 minutes of laying on the third rail - got us thinking about all the times we've had to write about some terrible incident involving people, bad decisions and train cars: - Man pees in subway tunnel, gets hit by train, hand is amputated - Drunk man survives A train running over him at Chambers (he survived)......

Do you shop around for a weather forecast, or do you have a trusted forecaster that you rely on? While looking at the morning forecasts every day last week Gothamist couldn't help but notice that the National Weather Service and AccuWeather forecasts were often quite different, especially in the amount and timing of precipitation. We prefer the Weather Service because they provide a forecast discussion in which we can see the reasoning behind their......

With the news of Joe Paterno's contract extension at Penn State and Roger Clemens playing so well with the Astros, Gothamist is wondering, at what age are you too old to be in sports? Joe Paterno is 77 right now and with his extension, he has the potential to coach until he is 81. Roger Clemens is 41 and pitching so well with the Astros that Gothamist wonders if he'll pitch another season. We don't......