The number of women being convicted for DUI rose by 25 percent between 1997 and 2007. Chris Cochran of the California Office of Traffic Safety: "Younger women feel more empowered, more equal to men, and have been beginning to exhibit the same uninhibited behaviors as men."

A toxicology report released by the Bellaire police department in Texas has confirmed that Tejano singer Emilio Navaira was driving with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit before his tour bus crashed, injuring Navaira and five passengers.

Actress Michelle Rodriguez has been released from jail early due to severe overcrowding. She served 18 days of a 180-day sentence for violating her DUI probation.

Rapper Eve has pleaded not guilty to DUI charges despite testing above California's legal .08 blood-alcohol level limit. She faces a maximum of six months in prison if convicted.

Taboo of Black Eyed Peas is arrested under suspicion of DUI and drug possession after being involved in a car crash.