DUI sobriety checkpoints do not work in stopping drunk drivers. This is the message from the American Beverage Institute in a press release today urging law enforcement agencies to forego the practice of DUI sobriety checkpoints over Thanksgiving weekend and, instead, focusing their time, effort and money toward the more effective roving DUI patrols.

Despite many stories on the Internet on Thursday, John Kerry's daughter, Alexandra was not arrested on a DUI charge, but for the suspicion of driving under the influence. Alexandra Kerry, 36, was arrested in Los Angeles early Thursday morning and released at 5:25 a.m. after posting $5,000 bail, according to police records. She was not pulled over for drunk driving as reported on many websites.

Alexandra Forbes Kerry, Sen. John Kerry's daughter, has been arrested in California for driving while drunk.

A DUI conviction in California will adversely affect your car insurance rates for a period of 10 years. A California DUI conviction will not only disqualify you from obtaining a "good driver" discount but you could also result in you being labeled as a "high risk" driver causing your car insurance rates to rise substantially.

Shayne Lamas, the star of the new reality series "Leave it to Lamas" was arrested for DUI last night. Shayne Lamas was arrested after being stopped at a DUI sobriety checkpoint in Venice, California.

An internal memo advising DUI blood draw technicians how to testify in DUI cases to cover up potential holes in the evidence has been exposed by a San Diego DUI lawyer. The DUI blood draw memo specifically tells technicians what to say in order to avoid having to specifically remember the details of a blood draw in a particular DUI case.

Well, if you haven't heard by now, Mel Gibson's DUI expungement petition was granted by the court yesterday, officially closing another chapter in celebrity DUI history. As a result of Mel Gibson's DUI expungement, Mr. "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world" will no longer have to disclose his DUI conviction on a job application. Yeah!

English Premier League soccer star David Bentley was arrested for drunk driving after a car accident in which he wrapped his Porsche 911 around a lamp post. Unfortunately, David Bentley's drunk driving arrest comes just months after being warned about drinking by Tottenham Hotspurs' team owner, Harry Redknapp.

You have just been arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles. Naturally, you are concerned. You need help so you decide to meet with an LA DUI lawyer who tells you that your case can be dismissed. Ahh, dismissal, the magic word. Or is it? Was that Los Angeles DUI lawyer being honest with your or just making an empty promise of a dismissal?

It's apparently a bad week for stars of classic sitcoms. First Joyce Dewitt of "Three's Company" was arrested for DUI, and now Eddie Mekka, formerly Carmine Ragusa of "Laverne and Shirley" has suffered the same fate.

"Come and knock on our door ..." That's the intro to the theme song from "Three's Company." And that's the show that actress Joyce Dewitt, 60, is best known for, playing Janet Wood AKA third banana on the show.