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                       Two Jamaican fishermen reeled in a 800-pound sunfish on Sunday, which is remarkable on two levels. First, sunfish aren't usually encountered around Jamaica. And second, though sunfish can reach two tons, 800 lbs. is a really, really big fish for two guys to catch. Desmond Phillips, one of the two fishermen, thought it was otherworldly. "At first I thought it was an alien, and I was somewhat frightened," Phillips told the Jamaica Gleaner. He wanted to let the fish go. But his fishing buddy and captain, Michael Grant, was intent on not letting the creature escape, so the two managed to get the gigantic fish onto their relatively small boat, nearly sinking it in the process.                          ...

The subject of gay marriage is a touchy one in the church.  It is even touchier in the black church, which is more conservative than churches in other communities.  This led to controversy when   Bishop Allyson D. Nelson Abrams told her church that she was married to a woman.  She then announced that she was resigning from the Zion Progressive Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan so as not to be a distraction. Bishop Abrams informed the folks at  Newsone . com  that she was married to another Bishop by the name of Diana Williams of the Imani Temple of the African-American Catholic Congregation in Washington, DC.  The two kept their marriage under wraps, but eventually, the rumors spun out of the control and the issue had to be confronted. ”I could have been like so many people are and lied and said it’s not true,” Abrams, said to NewsOne. ”But that’s not how I was raised and, as a Christian, I was always taught to be a truthful individual. ...

. View gallery FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall about the federal health care law. Obama says he's sorry Americans are losing health insurance plans he repeatedly said they could keep under his signature health care law. But the president stopped short of apologizing for making those promises in the first place. "I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me," he said in an interview Thursday, Nov. 7 with NBC News. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to calm a growing furor, President Barack Obama said Thursday he's sorry Americans are losing health insurance plans he repeatedly said they could keep under his signature health care law. But the president stopped short of apologizing for making those promises in the first place. Signaling possible tweaks to the law, Obama sai...