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Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker is viewed favorably by more than half of the city's likely voters, but his opponent, Jackie Biskupski still has him beat, according to the latest UtahPolicy.com survey.

Individuals wanting to brush up on their public speaking skills can now do so online through BYU Independent Study. The online class is based on BYU's own public speaking course, Theatre and Media Arts 150, which is moving from the Theatre department to Student Development fall 2015. To celebrate the move, we've compiled a sample of the best speeches immortalized in film, delivered by people who clearly got an 'A' in public speaking.

Students searching for a public speaking class will no longer find the course under its usual department category. Theatre and Media Arts 150 will be switching to a course offered in the BYU Counseling and Career Center's student development category starting Fall 2015.

Police confirm two people are dead after a shooting at the University of South Carolina. Thom Berry, spokesman for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), said the deaths are the result of a 'domestic situation' and appear to be a murder suicide.

From a Harvard dorm room in 2004 to more than 900 million users in 2012, Facebook has become the world's largest social network, bringing in an average of 3.2 billion comments and likes every day. On Friday, users finally had a chance to pay for those likes.