Today in books and publishing: J.K. Rowling isn't done with Harry Potter completely, the jurors for the Pulitzer's fiction prize explain why they're not to blame for the lack of a winner, and what DOJ's settlements with three publishers means for the way you buy e-books in the coming months.
Apple and a handful of publishers got hit with a price-fixing lawsuit on Wednesday, with the Department of Justice finally snipping the string on the sword of Damocles that's been dangling over the e-book industry for months.
Today in books and publishing: Publishers are unsure what they can afford to give up to avoid going to court over alleged price collusion, the Clinton White House does not come off well in a former Secret Service agent's new memoir, and the National Book Critics Circle Awards are announced.
The Justice Department's warning to Apple about the company's apparent collusion with publishers on e-book pricing couldn't have been better timed.
Like it or not, Lance Armstrong is not a criminal -- or at least he won't be considered one anytime soon. In a late Friday press release, the Department of Justice announced that it was going to drop its case against the seven-time Tour de France winner.
Anonymous brought down the the Department of Justice's website on Thursday afternoon after it admitted to arresting several Megaupload affiliates in a Thursday afternoon press release, calling the site a "international organized criminal enterprise."
The Justice Department blocked a South Carolina law that would require voters present photo I.D., saying it would discriminate against minority voters, weighing in today for the first time on one of several new state laws seeking to combat voter fraud.
After speeding towards the precipice of total failure, AT&T won a little victory in its controversial quest to merge with T-Mobile by winning a federal judge's permission to delay the court case until next year.
We thought those pricey muffins were suspect from the very beginning because the math just didn't add up, but now everyone can stop freaking out about the Justice Department's exorbitant muffin budget.
Plus: Bill Clinton could have been on 'Dancing with the Stars,' but didn't want to practice
The Department of Justice is extending its probe into the CIA's post-9/11 activities
Google's search, shopping and travel businesses are likely to be scrutinized
A breakdown of the legal precedent involved in Edwards' upcoming trial
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