KANSAS CITY (AP) – A newly released report finds that the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s business school knowingly submitted false data when applying for rankings and awards from national organizations.

The Kansas City Star reports that the University of Missouri System released the findings Friday. The international accounting firm that conducted the review also found no reason to believe rankings were undeserved, even after accounting for misinformation.

The university system’s Board of Curators commissioned the audit on July 31. Gov. Jay Nixon had sought the review after The Star conducted an investigation into the rankings, which became the focus of an advertising campaign.

The Bloch School’s current dean, David Donnelly, has appointed a special faculty committee to oversee future rankings data submissions.

BILL DRAPER, Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has reversed the drunken driving conviction of a Wichita man who was asked to take a breath test after failing a common field sobriety test that has been determined inadmissible in court.

William Molitor was stopped in February 2009 after leaving a Wichita bar and failing to use his turn signal. Officer Jeremy Diaz says Molitor struck the curb with his tire and had bloodshot eyes. There also was a strong odor of alcohol coming from his vehicle.

But Molitor had no problem producing requested documents or getting out of his vehicle. Diaz says he asked Molitor to take a breath test after he failed the horizontal gaze test.

The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that the gaze test wasn’t evidence that Molitor was impaired.

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 2 million Toyota, Chrysler and Honda vehicles are being recalled for faulty air bags that may inflate while the car is running.

The recall includes some Acura MDX, Dodge Viper, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Honda Odyssey, Pontiac Vibe, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Avalon models made in the early 2000s.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the recall is being implemented after carmakers’ original attempts to fix the defects didn’t work in some vehicles.

The agency says about 1 million Toyota and Honda vehicles involved in the new recalls are also subject to a separate recall related to defective Takata air bags that could deploy with enough force to cause injury or death.

The have been no reports of death or injuries related to the additional models being recalled.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced in a media release on Friday that a Miller, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for shooting at an airplane.

David Leroy Dickenson, 38, of Miller, was charged in an indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Springfield, Mo., on Jan. 20, 2015. That indictment was unsealed and made public following Dickenson’s arrest and initial court appearance. Dickenson remains in federal custody pending the court’s ruling on a detention motion.

The federal indictment alleges that Dickenson attempted to set fire to, damage, destroy, disable and wreck a 1997 S2R 510 Thrush aircraft on Dec. 3, 2014. Dickenson allegedly shot a firearm at an aircraft engaged in crop dusting then attempted to dispose of the firearm to prevent its discovery by law enforcement.

Dickinson cautioned that the charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Oliver. It was investigated by the FBI.

WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations announced today that U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) will serve on several subcommittees during the 114th Congress, in addition to serving as Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies.

Those subcommittees include:

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies;

Subcommittee on the Department of Defense;

Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies;

Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; and

Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.
“I look forward to continuing my work reviewing and improving our nation’s agriculture, defense, and transportation spending, which are all critically important to the state of Missouri,” said Blunt. “I am also pleased to be a member of the appropriations subcommittees overseeing foreign operations, and the interior this Congress.”