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LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan escaped felony charges Thursday when prosecutors 
filed seven misdemeanor counts against her stemming from two drunken-driving 
arrests.

The district attorney charged the 21-year-old actress with two counts each 
of driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08 
percent and being under the influence of cocaine and one count of reckless 
driving.

Police found cocaine on Lohan during the arrests on May 26 in Beverly Hills 
and July 24 in Santa Monica. In each incident, the amounts tested were below 
the .05 grams required for felony charges, according to the district 
attorney's office.

Each of Lohan's arrests were followed by trips to rehab.

Lohan's arraignment was scheduled for Friday but a conference with a Los 
Angeles Superior Court judge in Beverly Hills was set for later Thursday. A 
disposition on the charges could be reached during the hearing, according to 
Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers.

Lohan's publicist did not immediately return an e-mail seeking comment about 
the charges.

Lohan crashed her Mercedes Benz into a tree on Sunset Boulevard in May and 
fled the scene to seek medical treatment. Police tests revealed that a white 
powder found in Lohan's purse was .04 grams of cocaine.

Lohan checked into the posh Promises rehabilitation facility in Malibu after 
the incident. She left the facility July 13 after six weeks of treatment. 
She was photographed wearing an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet after her 
release.

Lohan was arrested again on July 24 following a 911 call by Michelle Peck, 
the mother of Lohan's former personal assistant. Peck told police she was 
being chased by an SUV. Police later said Lohan was the driver.

Lohan's blood-alcohol level was between 0.12 and 0.13 percent when police 
found her, officials said. Police also found a white powder in her pocket 
that was determined to be .02 grams of cocaine.

After the incident, Lohan said in an e-mail to a host for the celebrity-news 
show "Access Hollywood" that she was "innocent" and the drugs found in her 
pocket during a pre-booking search were not hers.

She has reportedly been in a Sundance, Utah, rehab center in recent weeks.

A woman who was a passenger in Michelle Peck's vehicle sued the actress this 
month for assault and negligence.

Tracie Rice's suit seeks unspecified damages and payment of medical and 
other expenses related to emotional distress.

Lohan started 2007 in rehab at the Wonderland Center in Los Angeles.

"I was growing up and going out a lot, and I needed to have a balance," she 
told Elle magazine during an interview in May, just days before her first 
DUI arrest. "I was glad I went, because I needed to get away from everyone 
and I didn't know how to do that. And I learned a lot there."

Lohan's latest film, "I Know Who Killed Me," opened in July to lackluster 
response.

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