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Headlines: Navajo Nation Rethinks Election, Molotov At ABQ Mosque, Unemployment Fraud In NM...

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Navajo Officials Mull Election Amid Confusion – The Associated Press

Navajo election officials failed to decide Friday whether to follow an order by the tribe's top court to postpone a presidential race that's less than two weeks away.

Navajo Board of Election Supervisor Lenora Fulton says the board will reconvene Monday at 9 a.m.

The Navajo Supreme Court also ordered Chris Deschene off the ballot.

Deschene had appealed to the court following a challenge over whether he was fluent in Navajo, a requirement under tribal law.

Several branches of tribal government have been weighing how to proceed with a race that has become increasingly embroiled in confusion amid a debate involving the tribe's language.

The Navajo Council approved emergency legislation early Friday that would effectively erase the requirement.

Police: 'Explosive Device' Hit New Mexico Mosque – The Associated Press

Police say an unknown suspect has thrown what appears to be Molotov cocktail at an Albuquerque mosque.

Albuquerque police spokesman Tanner Tixier said the explosive device was tossed Friday morning at a window of the Islamic Center but did not break the glass and enter the building.

He says the device briefly ignited and smoke caused damage to the exterior of the mosque. No injuries were reported.

Tixier says a number of agencies, including the FBI, are investigating the attack.

No arrests have been made.

The Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a statement the attack on the mosque should be investigated as a hate crime.

New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty In Federal Fraud Case – The Associated Press

A Ojo Caliente man has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and mail fraud charges.

Prosecutors in New Mexico say 43-year-old Gerald Archuleta admitted to a role in a scheme to defraud the federal and state Unemployment Insurance Systems of more than $1.3 million.

Archuleta and a co-defendant were charged in a six-count indictment that was filed in March.

The two men admitted that between 2009 and 2012, they schemed to defraud the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, the Texas Workforce Commission and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment by making false and fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits in the names of real people.

Prosecutors say Archuleta will be sentenced to a prison term of up to 108 months and must pay more than $734,000 restitution with the co-defendant.

Bernalillo County Woman Contracts West Nile Virus – The Associated Press

Health officials say the first clinical case of West Nile virus has been confirmed in Bernalillo County.

They say a 45-year-old woman was hospitalized briefly with the more severe neuro-invasive form of West Nile, but now is recovering.

Bernalillo County has also had one horse diagnosed with West Nile this year and the horse had to be euthanized.

West Nile can cause flu-like symptoms such as fever, nausea, headache and muscle aches.

Most people who become infected with the virus have either no symptoms or have only mild symptoms.

But a small percentage of infected people can develop meningitis or encephalitis.

Meningitis is an infection of the lining around the brain while encephalitis is an infection of the brain itself.

Both can be fatal, especially in the elderly.

Annual Mount Cristo Rey Pilgrimage Planned – The Associated Press

The Diocese of Las Cruces is organizing its annual pilgrimage to Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park.

The Stations of the Cross procession is scheduled Sunday for pilgrims to walk up and down the mountain from sunrise to sunset.

A Mass also is scheduled at noon on the top of the mountain.

Officials say a variety of food and drink and religious items will be for sale at the base.