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That would mark the second large wave of closures in as many years in 7H[DVZKLFKKDGDERUWLRQFOLQLFVLQEHIRUHRWKHU QHZUHVWULFWLRQVWRRNHIIHFWWKDWUHTXLUHGRFWRUDGPLWWLQJ privileges. ³1RWVLQFHEHIRUH5RHY:DGHKDVDODZRUFRXUW decision had the potential to devastate access to UHSURGXFWLYHKHDOWKFDUHRQVXFKDVZHHSLQJVFDOH´VDLG Nancy Northrop, president and CEO of the Center for 5HSURGXFWLYH5LJKWV³:HQRZORRNWRWKH-XVWLFHVWRVWRS the sham laws that are shutting clinics down and placing FRXQWOHVVZRPHQDWULVNRIVHULRXVKDUP´ 7H[DVZLOOEHDEOHWRVWDUWHQIRUFLQJWKHUHVWULFWLRQVLQ DERXWWKUHHZHHNVXQOHVVWKH866XSUHPH&RXUWDJUHHV to halt the decision, said Stephanie Toti, an attorney for the FHQWHU2QO\VHYHQDERUWLRQIDFLOLWLHVLQ7H[DVLQFOXGLQJ IRXURSHUDWHGE\3ODQQHG3DUHQWKRRGPHHWWKHPRUHUREXVW UHTXLUHPHQWV NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Page 7A Police descend on town in search for escapees Associated Press WILLSBORO, N.Y. — With police helicopters hovering overhead, KXQGUHGV RI ODZ RI¿FHUV LQ ERG\ armor poured into this small town in the Adirondack foothills Tuesday in a search for two killers who used power WRROVWREUHDNRXWRIDPD[LPXPVHFX rity prison 30 miles away. 7KH KXQW WKDW EHJDQ RYHU WKH ZHHNHQG IRFXVHG RQ :LOOVERUR FORVH to Lake Champlain, after residents reported seeing a couple of men walking on a road late Monday during a driving rainstorm. +XQGUHGV RI EODFNFODG VHDUFKHUV ZHDULQJEXOOHWSURRIYHVWVDQGVLGHDUPV methodically worked their way shoul GHUWRVKRXOGHU LQ WKH UDLQ WKURXJK KLOO\ ZRRGV ¿HOGV DQG VZDPSV checking every home, garage, shed DQGRXWEXLOGLQJWKHQ\HOOLQJ³&OHDU´ when there were no signs of the inmates. By early evening, it appeared the sweep had come up empty, and there ZDV QR FRQ¿UPDWLRQ IURP SROLFH WKDW WKHHVFDSHGFRQYLFWVKDGEHHQWKHUH $XWKRULWLHV KDYH ¿HOGHG QXPHURXV WLSVVLQFHWKHEUHDNRXWIURPWKH&OLQWRQ Correctional Facility in Dannemora, DERXW PLOHV IURP WKH &DQDGLDQ ERUGHU EXW DSSHDUHG WR KDYH MXPSHG hardest on this one. David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, FXW WKURXJK D VWHHO ZDOO EURNH WKURXJK EULFNV DQG FUDZOHG WKURXJK D VWHDPSLSHEHIRUHHPHUJLQJWKURXJKD manhole outside the prison grounds. They were discovered missing early 6DWXUGD\DIWHUVWXI¿QJWKHLUEHGVZLWK clothes to fool guards on their rounds DQG OHDYLQJ EHKLQG D WDXQWLQJ QRWH ³+DYHDQLFHGD\´ Given the meticulous planning that ZHQW LQWR WKH EUHDNRXW LWVHOI WKHUH AP Photo/Seth Wenig Law enforcement officers search for escaped prisoners near Essex, N.Y., Tuesday. State and federal law officers searching for two killers who used power tools to break out of a maximum-security prison poured into a small town 30 miles away after getting a report of a possible sighting. was speculation that the inmates had arranged for someone to pick them up outside the prison and were long gone from the area. On Monday, authorities said the LQPDWHVFRXOGEHDQ\ZKHUH²SHUKDSV &DQDGDRU0H[LFR 2Q7XHVGD\:LOOVERURGDLU\IDUPHU George Sayward said he saw troopers SDUNHGQH[WWRKLVEDUQDURXQGDP and they told him they were there EHFDXVH RI D SRVVLEOH VLJKWLQJ RI WKH convicts. Around 7 a.m., Sayward said, he heard one trooper tell another to call in 100 more men. ³7KHQH[WWKLQJ,NQRZWKHUHZHUHD WRQRIWKHPE\WKHEXVORDG´6D\ZDUG said. State Police said more than 400 corrections and other law enforcement RI¿FHUVZHUHLQWKHDUHDDQGSODQQHGWR go door to door, checking homes and seasonal camps. 7KH HVFDSH IURP WKH LQPDWH state prison has raised suspicions the men had help on the inside. ,QYHVWLJDWRUVKDYHEHHQTXHVWLRQLQJ prison workers and outside contrac WRUV WR WU\ WR ¿QG RXW ZKR PD\ KDYH supplied the power tools. Contractors KDYHEHHQGRLQJH[WHQVLYHUHQRYDWLRQV DW WKH \HDUROG SULVRQ D KXONLQJ IRUWUHVVOLNH VWUXFWXUH WKDW ORRPV RYHU Dannemora’s main street. $UHZDUGKDVEHHQSRVWHG for information leading to the men’s capture. Sweat was convicted in the 2002 killing of a sheriff’s deputy and was doing life without parole. Matt was serving 25 years to life for kidnapping DQGGLVPHPEHULQJKLVERVVLQ 2I¿FHULQ7H[DVSRROSDUW\LQFLGHQWUHVLJQV Associated Press 0&.,11(< 7H[DV ² 7KH ZKLWH SROLFH RI¿FHU who was recorded on video SXVKLQJ D EODFN JLUO WR WKH JURXQG DW D 1RUWK 7H[DV pool party resigned from the police force Tuesday. 2I¿FHU 'DYLG (ULF &DVHEROW UHVLJQHG IURP the McKinney Police Department after almost 10 years on the force, said his attorney, Jane Bishkin of Dallas. Police Chief Greg Conley FRQ¿UPHG WKH UHVLJQDWLRQ at a news conference later 7XHVGD\ VD\LQJ &DVHEROW KDGQRWEHHQSUHVVXUHG $ YLGHR UHFRUGHG E\ another teenager and posted RQOLQH VKRZHG &DVHEROW SXVKLQJ D ELNLQLFODG EODFN girl to the ground on Friday DQG EUDQGLVKLQJ KLV JXQ DW RWKHU EODFN WHHQV DIWHU KH DQGRWKHURI¿FHUVUHVSRQGHG WRFRPSODLQWVDERXWWKHSRRO SDUW\DWDFRPPXQLW\RZQHG McKinney swimming pool. 7KH \HDUROG IRUPHU 7H[DV VWDWH WURRSHU ZDV SXW on leave after the incident. 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Charges of interfering ZLWKDQRI¿FHUDQGHYDGLQJ arrest against the only man arrested during Friday’s LQFLGHQWKDYHEHHQGURSSHG Conley said. Everyone else was released. Bishkin declined to say ZKHUH &DVHEROW LV QRZ DQG VDLGWKHRI¿FHUKDGUHFHLYHG death threats. The attorney said she would release more information at a news conference Wednesday. The incident has prompted criticism of the DIÀXHQWVXEXUERI0F.LQQH\ north of Dallas, which is among the nation’s fastest growing cities, has highly UHJDUGHGSXEOLFVFKRROVDQG ZDVUDQNHGE\RQHSXEOLFD WLRQDV$PHULFD¶VEHVWSODFH to live. People who demonstrated this week at a McKinney school compared the city to Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, where use of force E\ SROLFH WULJJHUHG ZLGH spread protests and violence. The NAACP is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to review the procedures of the McKinney police force, stopping short of asking for a formal investigation. A review of department policies is needed to ensure RI¿FHUV DUH UHVSRQGLQJ appropriately to calls involving minorities, the local NAACP chapter said. &DVHEROW KDG EHHQ DFFXVHG RI H[FHVVLYH IRUFH in a 2007 arrest as part of a federal lawsuit that named KLP DORQJ ZLWK RWKHU RI¿ FHUV 7KH RI¿FHUV DUUHVWHG $OEHUW %URZQ -U ZKR authorities said was found with crack cocaine during a WUDI¿F VWRS %URZQ ZKR LV EODFNDFFXVHGWKHRI¿FHUVRI IRUFLEO\VHDUFKLQJKLPDIWHU pulling down his pants and slamming his head against a car hood. A defense attorney denied Brown’s accusations. The lawsuit was dismissed LQ The city of McKinney DOVR KDV EHHQ WKH WDUJHW of lawsuits accusing it of UDFLDO VHJUHJDWLRQ LQ SXEOLF housing. A lawsuit in 2008 accused the McKinney Housing Authority of restricting IHGHUDOO\ VXEVLGL]HG SXEOLF KRXVLQJ IRU ORZLQFRPH IDPLOLHV WR ROGHU QHLJKERU hoods east of U.S. 75. 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