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A crack caused by Thursday's big aftershock in the ground near a shelter for tsunami survivors in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Photo by: Yomiuri Shimbun / via AP.

The largest aftershock since the devastating March 11 earthquake hit Japan yesterday. We spoke with Seismologist Geoffery Abers, who says that aftershocks can happen months and years after the initial quake, and that the one that occurred yesterday probably won’t be the last. Abers is a Seismologist with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in New York.

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EU Flag (File) Photo by: Virginia May / AP

Portugal becomes the latest European Union member to ask for a bailout, following Greece and Ireland.

Uptown Radio host Anna Maria Jakubek speaks with Nuno Garoupa, a professor of law and economics at the University of Illinois about the decisions Portugal and the EU have to make in order to tackle this financial crisis, and the larger economic consequences for the continent.

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Editor’s Note:  A false report about the Wisconsin Governor made air.  We regret the mistake.  Governor Scott Walker did not resign on April 1, 2011 – April Fools’ Day.