He thanks heaven for 7-Eleven.

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Marty Siegel's passion for 7-Eleven began 21 years ago, when he first laid eyes on one that had just opened in Brooklyn, N.Y. "It was such a bright, nice-looking new store, a real fresh breath of suburban air," says Siegel 46, a train conductor for New Jersey Transit. Since then, Siegel has visited nearly 2,000 7-Elevens in the U.S. and Canada. He has taken hundreds of photographs and collected...