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A candy thief pulled out a gun and opened fire at a downtown Manhattan 7-Eleven early Sunday, police said. The sweet-toothed shooter walked into the store on Church St. near Park Place, about a block away from City Hall, at about 5 a.m., cops said. He tried to steal some candy, and when a worker tried to stop him, he pulled out a gun, police said. The worker fled into the store bathroom and locked the door, and as the crook was walking out, he turned around and fired a shot into the store, cops said. No one was injured by the bullet, police said. Cops were still looking for the shooter Sunday....

Yulanda and Jerome Bearden were ready to give up. They’d moved with their five children into a Hayward, California, homeless shelter, and felt like their life had hit the “lowest of the lows.” But two years later, the Beardens stood in their kitchen, surrounded by boxes of candy and sprinkles. Enveloped in the smell of warm caramel, they marveled at how much has changed. Not only are they stably housed, now they’re entrepreneurs selling candy apples and other treats to a quickly expanding base of sweet-toothed customers. “We came from the bottom,” Yulanda said, after selling out of candy over ......