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A 19-year-old driver is charged with a DUI after slamming into and knocking over a telephone pole, police say.

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Cedric Benson's DUI arrest early Saturday in Austin, Texas, seems to indicate that he has failed to learn an important lesson, according to Bears' general manager Jerry Angelo.

A driver was arrested a fifth time in the past 10 months for suspicion of DUI after he plowed into a tobacco store in Aberdeen, said police.

An accident in Puyallup resulted in two drivers being arrested on a charge of DUI.

Kenny Stabler, former football star for the University of Alabama and the Oakland Raiders, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence early Sunday in Robertsdale.

Cedric Benson's latest arrest, early Saturday morning in Austin, Texas, for DUI, seems to indicate that he has failed to learn a most important lesson, according to Bears' general manager Jerry Angelo.

Drunken driving arrests in Topeka and Shawnee may have dropped in recent years, but not because law enforcement officers are less vigilant than they have been in the past.

Shawnee County Undersheriff Scott Holladay said law enforcement officers are constantly looking for people who are driving under the influence.