here are the week<u+2019>s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. the election is nearly over. many of us are ready for it to be done. even at the satirical website the onion, above, writers struggled to find something funny to say about it. but we found one person who will be at least <u+201c>a little sad<u+201d> for it all to end: the creator of the <u+201c>bad lip reading<u+201d> videos . <u+201c>this election has certainly provided a lot of material to work with,<u+201d> he said. he had the most fun dubbing nonsense into the mouths of bernie sanders and ted cruz, he said. ____ 2. the final days of campaigning have hillary clinton and donald trump visiting a few of the same battleground states, including florida, north carolina and new hampshire. mrs. clinton campaigned with beyonc<u+00e9> and jay z , above, at a concert on friday. ( follow our live election coverage. ) if 2012 is any model of how election day will go, we can expect counties to deliver landslide wins to one candidate or the other. that<u+2019>s because americans have been self-segregating by lifestyle for decades, according to bill bishop, co-author of a book that identified the phenomenon. wherever it is that you<u+2019>re voting, there<u+2019>s a lot more than politics to be aware of before heading to the polls. like, for instance, whether your state has banned so-called ballot selfies. ____ 3. so much has happened since mrs. clinton and mr. trump announced their candidacies. here<u+2019>s a look back at mr. trump<u+2019>s campaign , which has been arguably unlike any other in modern american history. we compiled notable moments and missteps from mrs. clinton<u+2019>s campaign , too. our journalists have uncovered a lot about the candidates over that time. catch up on some of our best investigative work , much of which altered the course of the campaign. (check out a collection of our coverage on flipboard .) ____ 4. runners from around the world were up before dawn to get ready for one of the sport<u+2019>s most prestigious races: the new york city marathon. ( shout-out to the time change for giving them an extra hour of sleep this morning.) we asked people to show us what their road to race day looked like and they did. above, a photo from a half marathon in brooklyn. meanwhile, the russian sports doping scandal has u.s. authorities investigating whether race officials conspired with a russian sports agent to allow banned substances. ____ 5. the chicago cubs became the world series champions for the first time in 108 years, beating the cleveland indians in a dramatic game 7 on wednesday. but if they had not, we were prepared. specifically, we were prepared to publish the illustration above . it<u+2019>s a take on a norman rockwell painting published by the saturday evening post in 1948, which was also, coincidentally, the last time the indians won the world series. the players were modernized, as were the heckling fans (lebron james and tom hanks). to the delight of cubs fans everywhere, the illustration never made it to print. ____ 6. a crucial two-week climate change conference starts monday, days after the paris agreement went into effect . only 94 of the 195 countries that reached the agreement last year have ratified it, and the gathering was described by one expert as an effort that <u+201c>keeps the ball rolling.<u+201d> even if every country meets its pledge, experts warn global temperatures may increase past the target. above, tourists on a glacier in china. ____ 7. president obama weighed in on the protest over an oil pipeline in north dakota, where more than 400 people have been arrested since april. <u+201c>i think that right now the army corps is examining whether there are ways to reroute this pipeline,<u+201d> he said in his first remarks on the standoff . he also called for both sides to show restraint, but arrests have continued . above, a protester recovered from being pepper sprayed on wednesday. ____ 8. britain<u+2019>s plans to leave the european union must be approved by parliament before the process can begin, the country<u+2019>s high court ruled . while most lawmakers opposed leaving the bloc, they<u+2019>re not expected to go against the will of voters to stop it from happening now. but it could delay matters and amend the terms of the so-called brexit process. the government has vowed to appeal the court judgment . above, the country<u+2019>s prime minister, theresa may. ____ 9. nearly two weeks after french officials cleared out the migrant camp known as <u+201c>the jungle<u+201d> in calais, the crisis has shifted to paris , above. the authorities have begun clearing out encampments on the city<u+2019>s streets. more than 200 people drowned in shipwrecks while trying to reach europe last week, adding to a sharp increase in the number of migrants who have died at sea this year. and about 1.5 million afghan migrants are expected to return to afghanistan <u+2014> many of them forcibly. ____ 10. amazon<u+2019>s echo is no longer the only smart speaker/personal assistant device on the market. google introduced a rival , called home. above, a google pop-up shop in new york city. one of our journalists tested the two devices side by side for six days and found google<u+2019>s product to be smarter, but echo to be more capable. if you decide to buy home, make sure you<u+2019>re fond of the word google. you<u+2019>ll have to say it every time you want the device to do something. ____ 11. finally, we<u+2019>re giving unlimited access to nytimes.com for 72 hours because of the 2016 election. our website will be open to all from 12:01 a.m. eastern on monday, nov. 7, until 11:59 p.m. eastern on wednesday, nov. 9. <u+201c>this is an important moment for our country,<u+201d> said arthur sulzberger jr., publisher of the new york times. ____ have a great week. your weekend briefing is published sundays at 6 a.m. eastern. and don<u+2019>t miss your morning briefing, weekdays at 6 a.m. eastern, and your evening briefing, weeknights at 6 p.m. eastern. want to look back? here<u+2019>s friday<u+2019>s evening briefing . what did you like? what do you want to see here? let us know at briefing@nytimes.com .
hillary clinton, donald trump, new york city marathon: your weekend briefing
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