On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about how\xa0Amazon is\xa0partnering with the British government\xa0to expand its testing of delivery drones, paving the way for commercial air deliveries for UK residents. The expanded testing, announced today in a press release, involves Amazon working with the UK Civil Aviation Authority to focus on operating drones outside of the line of sight of pilots, improving sensors for obstacle detection and avoidance, and having one pilot operate a team of multiple, semi-autonomous drones in unison. The project is the latest regulatory victory for Prime Air, the online retailer's ambitious program designed to bring cheaper and more forward-thinking delivery logistics in-house. Then, could what happened in Fukushima happen 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of New York City? That\u2019s what many activists and former nuclear regulators fear for the Indian Point Energy Center, a nuclear power plant that has operated in Westchester County for more than four decades. The plant provides a good chunk of the energy needs for the surrounding area, but it has come under fire in recent years for safety and environmental concerns, including its warming of the Hudson River and a recent case of\xa0bolts missing\xa0in one of its reactors. Two of the plant\u2019s three reactor units are currently operating on expired licenses, with the state of New York having denied parent company Entergy\u2019s extension requests due to suspected violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Then, a 36 year old man tells a terrifying encounter he had near Homers Gap, Pennsylvania with what appeared to be an upright walking wolf that resembled the werewolves in the movie "Underworld" in the summer of 1998. Then, a\xa0flame of\xa0American 90s\xa0childhood went out on Tuesday with the death of Miss Cleo, the famous infomercial tarot card clairvoyant with the turbans, faux Jamaican accent and over-the-top dramas she solved with her tarot cards.\xa0Miss Cleo, real name Youree Dell Cleomili Harris, died in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday, aged 53. She had been battling colon cancer. After the break, Cam brings up the disturbing tale of the Axe Man of Austin. \xa0A serial killer, who became known as the\xa0Servant Girl Annihilator,\xa0preyed upon the city of\xa0Austin, Texas,\xa0during the years 1884 and 1885.\xa0The killer's name originated with the writer\xa0O. Henry.\xa0The series of eight\xa0axe murders\xa0was referred to by contemporary sources as the\xa0"Servant Girl Murders."\xa0According to\xa0Texas Monthly, seven women (five black, two white) and one black man were murdered. Additionally, six women and two men were seriously injured.\xa0All the victims were attacked indoors while asleep in their bed. Five of the women were dragged, unconscious but still alive, and killed outdoors. Three of the women were severely mutilated while outdoors.\xa0All the victims were posed in a similar manner. Six of the murdered women had a "sharp object" inserted into their ears.\xa0The series of murders ended with the killing of two white women, Eula Phillips, age 17, and Susan Hancock, who was attacked while sleeping in the bed of her 16-year-old daughter on the night of 24 December 1885. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives. Have a great week!
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