In a stunning display of sweet irony and lack of common sense, David Mulligan, 21, served 25 days for drunken driving, and was released at 7 a. m. Tuesday, only to steal a van three minutes later. A man who lives one block away from the Lemon Creek Correctional Center left his 1997 Dodge van running to warm up. He came out of his house to discover it had been nicked.

Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff ReporterIn a display of sweet irony, Circuit Judge George Greene ordered Bolden, 41, to serve an additional five days in prison, which was added to the 99 years plus two consecutive life sentences Greene was already sentenced to.

New York City has many smells, especially on hot days, but when the city began to smell sweet, New Yorkers sniffed, took notice and became alarmed. Residents from the southern tip of Downtown to the Upper West Side called a city hotline to report a strong odor on Thursday night, which many described as maple syrup. The calls were so numerous that the city's Office of Emergency Management coordinated efforts with the police and fire departments, the coast guard and the city department of environmental protection to locate the source of the mysterious smell. City officials have run air tests and have not been able to peg the source of the smell, which remains a mystery. Jarrod Bernstein, an emergency-management spokesperson, says, "We are continuing to sample the air throughout the affected area to make sure there's nothing hazardous. What the actual cause of the smell is, we really don't know. ""It's like maple syrup. With Eggos [waffles]. Or pancakes," Arturo Padilla told the Times as he walked in Lower Manhattan. "It's pleasant. "

The Three Stooges, Newburgh's three-headed ant who was on the auction site eBay on Monday, has died, according to the Times Herald-Record. Age and gender are unknown.

A Halifax smoke shop that sells drug paraphernalia is targeted by Walt Disney Co. after adorning its building with a mural featuring the characters of the Seven Dwarfs. Sweet Leaf Smoke Shop owner Kenny Banks had the mural painted last summer, featuring Disney's famous Seven Dwarfs using a joint and a bong, among other drug equipment.