He was carrying a bag with soda and some Skittles candy, not a weapon.

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This will linger: the smiles and jokes from children who came to say hello and get some candy from my CNN colleague Tasha Diakides.

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We make at least seven different types and usually some homemade candy, too.

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See, you start handing out candy, and pretty soon everybody wants some.

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And since in their secret hearts everybody wants candy all the time, all my friends, for instance, buy about six times as much candy as they need, because, you know, supposedly they don't want it to run out for all the kids, but, of course, the secret motive is, and the candy companies know this, there'll be some left over.

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But, Candy Finnigan, Jeff VanVonderen, and Dr. Robin Zasio, some of the main therapists on Intervention and Hoarders, manage to take charge every week without making us feel manipulated or part of a self-branding campaign (think Dr. Drew Pinsky).

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