The news has been all about the scandals in Washington this week, as if the normal level of blaming and bickering just wasn’t enough. Meanwhile, stocks melted lower in the second half of the week… it’s not much, but it’s apparently what counts for a sell-off in this year of seemingly unflagging market gains. Next week will be a holiday-shortened week, so enjoy the long weekend – here’s what we’ll be reading as we head home:

• Grain markets still feeling the effects of last summer’s drought (Futures Magazine)
• Paul Tudor Jones thinks motherhood, divorce incompatible with being a good trader (Washington Post)
• Fun fact: the first movie ever broadcast on TV was still in theaters at the time (Paleofuture)
• Has Microsoft beat Apple to the TV market? (Slate)
• Cockroaches have evolved to avoid the sweeteners used to disguise insecticide (Christian Science Monitor)