Whether it is stuffing a runner between the tackles, chasing a speedster on the perimeter, covering a receiver out of the backfield or rushing the quarterback, linebacker Derrick Johnson is the most consistent playmaker in the Chiefs’ defense. He needs just 19 tackles to break the team record and reach 1,000 for his career.

Low-wage fever is burning in America. From fast-food workers, civil rights groups and the White House, calls are growing for a higher minimum wage to provide “economic justice.” But the restaurant industry says it’s unfairly targeted.

For years, UMKC’s Bloch School struggled for dollars and recognition as it sought to join the nation’s elite business schools. That all changed in 2011 when UMKC vaulted above Harvard, MIT and Stanford in rankings for innovation management research, on the heels of Henry Bloch’s $32 million gift to the school for a state-of-the-art facility. But behind UMKC’s rise to No. 1, a trail of exaggerations, misstatements, selective science and nondisclosures raises questions about the validity of the rankings.