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DUI stories: 69 news summaries

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 John Kerry: 
 My Daughter Wasn't 
 Legally Drunk 

Says Alexandra was busted for expired tags, but passed test

Nov 20, 09 8:33 AM CST
(Newser) - John Kerry supports daughter Alexandra after her recent DUI arrest, he says in a statement, adding that she was originally pulled over for expired registration and was released after a breathalyzer test found she was under the legal limit. But a police officer tells People Alexandra was stopped “for... More »

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WOULD-BE FIRST KIDS

 Alexandra Kerry 
 Charged With DUI 

Alexandra Kerry booked and released, was under legal limit

Nov 19, 09 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - John Kerry’s daughter was arrested this morning in California in a suspected DUI. Alexandra Kerry was pulled over at 12:40am, and refused to take a preliminary alcohol screening test after her field sobriety test, police sources tell TMZ . Though her blood alcohol level was ultimately found to be... More »

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WHAT DUIS?

 Kiefer Racks Up 
 $700 Bar Tab 
 —by 1pm  

Sutherland treats 30 people to drinks starting at 7am

Nov 3, 09 8:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Oh, to be a celebrity. Kiefer Sutherland recently racked up a $700 bar tab in just one morning—yes, morning. After wrapping up a recent 24 shoot, Sutherland and the crew hit a California bar, where he bought drinks for all 30 people in the establishment from 7am to 1pm.... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • DUI • celebrity • Kiefer Sutherland

TMZ Chief May Sue After
Cops Pull Phone Records

Invasion 'breaks federal law, breaks state law,' Levin says

Oct 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not so fun being on the other side: TMZ founder Harvey Levin is promising legal action after learning that Los Angeles cops went through his phone records during a leak investigation related to Mel Gibson’s 2007 DUI. TMZ broke the original story. Though the Sheriff’s Department says it... More »

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DUI • TMZ • Harvey Levin • Mel Gibson • anti-Semitism • search warrant • Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department • phone records

 Nolte's Son Busted in DUI 

Brawley nabbed after California accident

Oct 8, 09 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like father, like son. Nick Nolte's son Brawley has been busted in Santa Monica on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, according to cops. The 23-year-old sometimes-actor, who played Mel Gibson's son in Ransom, was nabbed after an accident on the Pacific Highway and... More »

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California • drugs • alcohol • DUI • actor • Nick Nolte • Brawley Nolte • Pacific Highway

 Tawny Kitaen 
 Hit With DUI Charge 

Bachelor Party star busted after fender bender

Sep 27, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled actress Tawny Kitaen, best known as the bombshell star of 1984's Bachelor Party, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of DUI, according to Newport Beach, Calif., police. A veteran of the TV show Celebrity Rehab, Kitaen has a history of drug abuse, but it wasn't clear whether she was drunk... More »

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entertainment • crime • DUI • Tawny Kitaen • Newport Beach, Calif.

 Browns' Stallworth 
 Suspended for 
 '09 Season 

Broke league's 'substance-abuse,' 'personal conduct' rules

Aug 13, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donte’ Stallworth has been suspended without pay for the 2009 NFL season, the Plain Dealer reports. The Browns wide receiver, who pleaded guilty in June to DUI manslaughter committed in Miami in March, violated league policies on personal conduct and substance abuse. Stallworth is banned from taking part in any... More »

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NFL • Cleveland Browns • football • DUI • substance abuse • manslaughter • suspension • Donte' Stallworth

 Female DUIs Surge in Calif. 


Jul 12, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men aren't the only ones drinking and driving in California these days, the Sacramento Bee reports. Female DUI arrests and alcohol-related crashes are on the rise, leaving a trail of fatal car wrecks, prison sentences, and women undergoing treatment programs. "Males are still the major knuckleheads, but females for... More »

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California • DUI • drunk driving • arrest

(Newser) - Former NFL star Steve McNair apparently ditched his lover during a DUI bust just two days before she killed him in a murder-suicide, according to a police video. On the video, McNair's girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, fails a field sobriety test in Nashville, and McNair takes off in a cab. "... More »

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murder-suicide • DUI • Steve McNair • Nashville • sobriety test • Sahel Kazemi

(AP) - A South Korean man allegedly shot and killed a 10-year-old boy after hitting him with his car, apparently to hide the fact that he was driving drunk, police said today. The man, whose family name is Lee, struck the boy June 4 in Gwangju and took him to a hospital,... More »

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South Korea • murder • DUI • drunk driving • child murder

(Newser) - Donte’ Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter today, the Miami Herald reports, as part of a deal that will send him to prison for 30 days. After that, the Browns receiver will serve two years of house arrest and eight years' probation in the March 14 crash that killed... More »

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Cleveland Browns • football • DUI • vehicular manslaughter • drunk driving • manslaughter • Donte' Stallworth

 How LiLo Can Save Her Career 

Starlet should take advice from Angie, Drew

Apr 30, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s hard to imagine Lindsay Lohan as the next Julia Roberts, but that once seemed to be her destiny. After the DUIs, rehab, bad movies, and drama-ridden relationships, can she ever stage a comeback? The New York Daily News asked the experts for advice:
  • “Get involved in
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rehab • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • celebrity • comeback • acting career • public image

(Newser) - The 22-year-old driver who killed a promising major league pitcher of the same age was drunk at the time, police say. The California man has been charged with felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter, the Los Angeles Times reports. He had a prior DUI conviction and a suspended license. His minivan... More »

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • DUI • pitcher • baseball • Nick Adenhart

(Newser) - Cleveland Browns receiver Donte Stallworth will likely be charged today with DUI manslaughter for a March 14 crash that killed a Florida pedestrian, the Miami Herald reports. Stallworth hit Mario Reyes early in the morning as Reyes was running for a bus after work. Stallworth had a blood alcohol... More »

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Cleveland Browns • Miami • DUI • vehicular manslaughter • traffic fatalities • Donte' Stallworth • Mario Reyes



 Barkley 
 Leaves Jail 


Mar 9, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Former NBA star Charles Barkley was released from jail this morning after serving a three-day sentence in Phoenix on a drunken-driving conviction. He began his sentence Saturday morning, and spent about 36 hours in jail after getting 12 hours of work release yesterday and today. He was housed in a... More »

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DUI • drunk driving • jail • Charles Barkley

Charles Barkley Sentenced to
10 Days for DUI

Ex-NBA star pleads guilty; gets jail time and $2,000 fine

Feb 24, 09 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced to 10 days in prison, which will be reduced to five if he completes an alcohol education course. Barkley—who told cops he was in a hurry to receive... More »

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NBA • Arizona • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • guilty plea • Charles Barkley

DUI Bust
Costs Barkley T-Mobile Gig

Phone company benches ex-hoop star 'for the time being'

Jan 14, 09 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of his DUI arrest—during which he told a cop he was in a hurry to get oral sex—Charles Barkley has lost another job, Advertising Age reports. T-Mobile has pulled spots featuring Barkley “for the time being,” a rep said, adding, "As he... More »

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NBA • basketball • crime • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • commercials • arrest • T-Mobile • Charles Barkley • TNT

Barkley Will Take Break From TV After Bust

TNT analyst blew .149, way over alcohol limit, nearly 'extreme DUI'

Jan 9, 09 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley's blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit when he was busted on suspicion of DUI on New Year's Eve, the Arizona Republic reports. He blew a .149, well over the limit of .08 and a shade under the state's "extreme DUI" cut-off of .15. The... More »

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NBA • Arizona • DUI • drunk driving • Charles Barkley • reckless driving • TNT

Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Jailed for DUI

Jan Adams had 2 previous arrests,
gets a year in the clink

Jan 8, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died, has been jailed for a year in his third DUI, E! Online reports. The doc pleaded no contest after last June’s incident, in which he was caught driving his Jaguar the wrong way... More »

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plastic surgery • prison • DUI • Kanye West • drunk driving • jail • Donda West • Jan Adams

 Sam Shepard Faces DUI Rap 


Jan 3, 09 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Let the celebrity mugshots of 2009 begin. Actor and playwright Sam Shepard faces charges of drunken driving and speeding after being pulled over in Normal, Ill., the Bloomington Pantagraph reports. Shepard, 65, who won the Pulitzer for his 1979 play Buried Child, reportedly had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal... More »

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DUI • celebrity • actor

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