Video: Charlotte traffic cop moves like Michael Jackson

It seems there is a talented and light-hearted traffic cop in Charlotte. He brightened everyone's day, dancing like Michael Jackson.

A while back, Digital Journal reported on a Filipino traffic cop who danced to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" while never missing a beat on the street and became an Internet sensation on YouTube.

Seems this traffic cop in Charlotte must have watched the video too and the trend seems to be spreading... read more and watch his moves.

Video: Vladimir Putin guides migrating cranes in hang-glider

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, its President Vladimir Putin of Russia in his hang-glider, guiding migratory cranes on their way to Asia. Now there's something you don't get to say every day!

The Siberian cranes were raised in captivity and apparently do not know how to fly south. Environmentalists decided that they had to devise a way to lead the cranes, showing them the way to migrate... read more and watch video.

Photo essay: Before and after the fire in Málaga province

At the end of August, a raging brush fire spread through the Spanish countryside, just a few miles inland from Mijas on the Costa del Sol. Comparisons can now be made with before and after photos.

Digital Journal reported on the fire, which sparked off in Cerro Alaminos in Coín and, due to a strong wind coming from the Sierra de Mijas, then affected Alhaurín el Grande, Coín and Mijas in Málaga province. The fire then spread as far as Marbella and the Sierra de Ojén... read more and view photos.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Outburst at book launch in Cape Town

Archbishop Desmond Tutu seems to be getting in the news a lot these days. He's had enough, and is not afraid to let everyone know.

Digital Journal reported on September 2, that Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu had called for former prime minister Tony Blair and former president George W Bush to face trial at The Hague International Criminal Court for their roles in the Iraq war.

Now Tutu has shocked an audience at a book launch at the District Six museum in Cape Town, with an outburst of anger and sheer outrage about the state of South Africa today.... read more.

Video: TSA now checks drinks purchased inside the airport

In a case of "from the sublime to the ridiculous", the TSA is now apparently testing drinks that have been purchased inside the airport for explosives.

YouTube user, Dan Holland recently uploaded the above video.

He says that while waiting in the Columbus, OH, airport for their flight to Oakland, he noticed two TSA women were testing any liquids that people held in their hands.... read more and watch video.

Police arrest piano-playing break-in artist

A homeless man in Assen, northern Netherlands, had the sudden urge to play the piano and then get some sleep. So he broke into a music shop.

The story began innocently enough. The homeless man had studied the piano for seven years, and passing a music shop in Assen, he suddenly got the urge to play again... read more.

'Smart Carpet' will detect when the elderly fall

It is always worrying when an elderly person lives alone. What if they should fall, and not be able to reach the telephone? The answer may have been invented.

Researchers at the University of Manchester, U.K. have come up with an idea - a "smart carpet" that can detect when someone has fallen over. The system will also detect when unfamiliar feet are walking on it, handy in detecting intruders... read more.

At least 42 people dead in Morocco bus crash

After a bus fell 150 meters into a ravine in the south of Morocco, at least 42 people have died and another 20 are injured, four of them critically.

The accident is reportedly the worst ever in the country and happened early on Tuesday morning near the town of Zerkten, in Haouz province, Morocco.

The bus was traveling a regular route, running between Marrakesh and Ouarzazate in south-eastern Morocco, when at about 02h00 local time, it veered off the road and plunged 150 meters (500 ft) into a ravine... read more.

Lufthansa strike: Around 300 flights have been canceled

Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, has canceled around 300 flights in Frankfurt, with 26,000 passengers stranded. Berlin has joined in and Munich will follow shortly.

The strike is causing Lufthansa millions of euros in losses. Cabin crew members in Frankfurt and Berlin are currently protesting over their pay and conditions, with Munich set to join them shortly... read more.

Video: Green Left TV interviews Christine Assange on Ecuador

Green Left TV is based in Australia. They recently interviewed Christine Assange about her son Julian and on her impressions of Ecuador as a democratic country.

John Pilger of Green Left Weekly states on their home page, "Australia has the most restrictive media in the western world. Censorship by omission denies Australians their democratic right to make sense of whole stratas of political and foreign policy. That's why Green Left Weekly is a beacon, doing a job of honourable journalism, as an agent of people, not power." ... read more and listen to interview.