Death By School Meal: The True Indian Story

If Jamie Oliver isn't a good enough reason for you not to trust the free school meals, here's another: at least 21 children have died and dozens more have fallen sick after eating a tainted school meal in India's eastern state of Bihar. The poisoning occurred at a government school in the village of Masrakh in Saran district. A probe has been launched and 200,000 rupees (almost NZ$4,300) in compensation offered to the families of each of the dead. Speaking of the dead, Cory Monteith, star of the hit TV musical comedy Glee, died from a heroin and alcohol overdose, a coroner in British Columbia has announced. The 31-year-old Canadian actor, who played Finn Hudson in the Fox TV hit, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on Saturday. Monteith, who had been in the musical comedy since its 2009 start, was treated for drug addiction in April. But enough about that because robot cars are closer to being a reality. The driverless cars will be tested on public roads by the end of 2013, according to the British government. So far, UK trials of the autonomous vehicles have taken place only on private land. Driverless cars are guided by a system of sensors and cameras and are seen as potentially safer and more efficient than regular vehicles. I can think of at least one way that this safety can be realised: if the person sitting where the driver's seat used to be has been drinking or doing drugs, it won't matter because the car is driving itself instead of being under the control of somebody under the influence. But it could also put people out of a job if said job relies mainly on driving vehicles.