After more than a year, the Manhattan District Attorney has finally dished out some slow-moving "justice" to a pair of infamous cops who punched or pepper-sprayed Occupy Wall Street protesters: do absolutely nothing.

Facebook's stock continues to perform more embarrassingly than your grandmother on Facebook. Now Facebook's disastrous IPO has descended, predictably, into a morass of lawsuits as investors scramble to recover their losses. This is so much more fun than marveling at how rich Mark Zuckerberg is!

No surprise here. Top Republicans are ripping President Obama's decision to recess appoint his top consumer watchdog, Richard Cordray.

Against all odds, Occupy Wall Street's protest at Zuccotti Park survived the night. But during an impromptu march early this morning, things got violent.

The Occupy Wall Street protests continue into their fourth day of free pizza and anti-capitalism shenanigans. And the NYPD has come up with a weird way of cracking down—with an old law that outlaws masks at protests.

"You can't keep a good creative down," as the old saying goes. When pushed out of their community by covert gentrification, overt invasion, and other insidiousnesses, good creatives will simply move elsewhere and establish new, even more authentic communities. This is how the Land of NoBro came to pass.

This guy probably isn't homeless, and say what you want about his clothes; there's no doubt he can play the drums. Using sounds not found on a kit - like sliding a bucket - he effortlessly plays seamless, rockin' beats.

Stephen J. Cannell, creator and producer of The A-Team, The Rockford Files, 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy and The Greatest American Hero, died yesterday from complications due to melanoma. His legacy will live on in syndication and DVD. He was 69.

[Things got heated on MacDougal Street in the West Village today as Al Pacino (far right) filmed a movie outside Caffe Dante. Image via Jens Schott Knudsen's Flickr]

Does. Not. Look. Good. This is very ominous. I know most of us are probably not financial professionals, but tomorrow's stock market performance could be disastrous for the economy writ large. Glad I don't own anything of any consequence, like a house, or stock, or a company. Links of concern after the jump... Hang…

Seeing as you've still got almost 36 hours to cobble together your taxes, feel free to blow off those forms and join us in crunching some numbers that really matter: This weekend's box office returns:

What you missed during Billy Joel's talk at the 92nd Street Y last night: