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This aerial photo shows the Clinton Correctional Facility on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Dannemora, N.Y. Police continue to search for David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48, two escaped inmates from the correctional facility.  In a renewed burst of activity near the prison, police using dogs and helicopters blocked off a main road and concentrated their sixth day of searching Thursday on a swampy area just a couple of miles from the institution, situated about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Canadian border. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)
This aerial photo shows the Clinton Correctional Facility on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Dannemora, N.Y. Police continue to search for David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48, two escaped inmates from the correctional facility. In a renewed burst of activity near the prison, police using dogs and helicopters blocked off a main road and concentrated their sixth day of searching Thursday on a swampy area just a couple of miles from the institution, situated about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Canadian border. (AP Photo/Tim Roske) This aerial photo shows the Clinton Correctional Facility on Thursday, June 11, 2015 in Dannemora, N.Y. Police continue to search for David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48, two escaped inmates from the correctional facility. In a renewed burst of activity near the prison, police using dogs and helicopters blocked off a main road and concentrated their sixth day of searching Thursday on a swampy area just a couple of miles from the institution, situated about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Canadian border. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. HACKING DEEMED WORSE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT

A major federal union asserts that suspected Chinese hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for nearly every federal employee.

2. GOVERNOR VOWS RETRIBUTION FOR ROGUE PRISON WORKERS

In the wake of two, still on the loose, inmates escaping from an upstate New York prison, Andrew Cuomo says penalties will be harsh for any prison system employee who exhibits misconduct.