Can New Horizons look for KBO's to fly past after passing Pluto?

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I read this article recently: http://www.nature.com/news/pluto-bound-probe-faces-crisis-1.15261

Which basically says that we hoped to find a KBO out past Pluto that New Horizons could fly by after passing Pluto. So far, no reachable candidate has been found.

A - Is this still accurate? B - The article talks about needing massive amounts of Hubble time to look. While New Horizons isn't as good a telescope as Hubble, are the sensors on board useful in the search?

Being so much closer to the search area, and getting closer all the time, I can't help but imagine that the onboard camera would be somewhat useful. And if not, what makes that the case?

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