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Three people were seriously wounded Wednesday morning when a coworker opened fire at a software firm in a small Wisconsin city, police said.

The gunman, who was critically injured during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers, died later at a hospital, Middleton police said.

His identity has not been released. The suspect, a US citizen in his 40s, did not have any known criminal record or family who lived in the area, Chief Charles Foulke said Thursday.

Authorities searched the suspect's residence on the southwest side of Madison on Wednesday night. It's unknown if the gun used in the shooting was owned legally. But police said he did not have a Wisconsin conceal-and-carry permit.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating where the weapon was originally purchased.

"A significant number of bullets were fired" between the suspect and responding law enforcement, Foulke said.

The motive for the shooting, which unfolded in an office complex housing several businesses, is unclear.

Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said the gunman was an employee of WTS Paradigm, a software firm where he began shooting about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect had been employed at the company since April 2017.

"It wasn't unusual for him to be in there," Foulke said. "He had a reason to be in there."

During the shooting, people hid under desks or barricaded themselves, and many ran, he said.

Foulke said the suspect exchanged gunfire with four law enforcement officers, whose actions he described as "very heroic ... and, from what I've been told and I believe, prevented much more bloodshed from happening." The officers have all been placed on administrative leave, following department policy.

"We have reason to believe the suspect was heavily armed with a lot of extra ammunition, a lot of extra magazines," the chief said.

A total of 10 police officers and sheriff's deputies initially responded and entered the two-building complex, Foulke said. They arrived as workers poured out.

According to Foulke, three victims, two males and a female, are being treated for gunshot wounds at UWHealth, a local hospital. A fourth person was grazed.

A tweet Wednesday night from UWHealth said one person was in critical condition and the other two were in serious condition. The victim in critical condition had been upgraded on Thursday, Foulke said, declining to identify the victims.

The FBI is assisting in the investigation, the chief said.

About 50 police cars plus the FBI responded to the scene in the 1800 block of Deming Way, Keely Arthur of CNN affiliate WISC reported. Police video is being reviewed, Foulke said. The building also has surveillance cameras.

Some witnesses says shooter ran into this building 1800 Deming Way, police around the perimeter pic.twitter.com/47m3RX0N5H
- WRAL Keely Arthur (@keelyarthur50YS) September 19, 2018

Middleton, a suburb of the state capital Madison, is a city of about 17,000 residents.

"My heart goes out to the people involved in the shooting," Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar said. "You never would think this type of thing would happen in your city. Really, so sad that this happened here."

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Three people were seriously wounded Wednesday morning when a coworker opened fire at a software firm in a small Wisconsin city, police said. The gunman, who was critically injured during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers, died later at a hospital, Middleton police said. His identity has not been released.

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Police K9 unit takes down attempted kidnapper.

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K9 Titan took down a man who tried to kidnap a child in Pasco County, Florida.

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Captain Cook's ship Endeavour may have been found off the US coast

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By the time Greg Manteufel, 48, reached the hospital in late June, "my face was all red and blue, and it started going down the rest of my body," he said.

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By the time Greg Manteufel, 48, reached the hospital in late June, "my face was all red and blue, and it started going down the rest of my body," he said.

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weeks ago, Walmart asked the Trump administration to walk back its plan to put tariffs on Christmas lights, shampoo, dog food, luggage, mattresses, handbags, backpacks, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, cooking grills, cable cords and air conditioners.

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Two weeks ago, Walmart asked the Trump administration to walk back its plan to put tariffs on Christmas lights, shampoo, dog food, luggage, mattresses, handbags, backpacks, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, cooking grills, cable cords and air conditioners.

In a letter to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the company said expanded tariffs on Chinese imports would hurt its customers, its suppliers and the US economy.

"The immediate impact will be to raise prices on consumers and tax American business and manufacturers," Walmart said.

The administration was unmoved. On Monday, it pressed forward with 10% tariffs on those products and $200 billion worth of other imports from China. The tariffs, which take effect next week, will jump to 25% at the end of the year.

The latest round of tariffs brings the US trade war with China directly to Walmart , the country's largest retailer, and hits the everyday products it sells.

Raise prices or take the hit

Other retailers and consumer goods companies, including Ace Hardware and Joann fabric and craft stores, also lobbied the administration.

Target said the tariffs will "hurt American consumers," and said working families will pay more for school and college essentials like notebooks, calculators, binders and desks.

The administrationdid not bend to the company's plea. It imposed tariffs on those goods - although it did spare bicycle helmets, high chairs, car seats and playpens from the final list. It also left off Apple Watches and Air Pods, a reprieve for Apple.

Target and Walmart will now face a tough choice: They can absorb the higher costs from tariffs by taking a hit to their profit margins, or they can pass some of the price increases on to their customers.

"Either consumers will pay more, suppliers will receive less, retail margins will be lower, or consumers will buy fewer products or forego purchases altogether," Walmart warned in its letter.

The National Retail Federation, a trade group, estimated that a 25% tariff on furniture would cost Americans $4.5 billion more per year, while a 25% levy on travel items like luggage and handbags would cost an additional $1.2 billion.

Washing machines were an early example of how tariffs filter down to shoppers. The Trump administration imposed a 20% trade penalty on washers earlier this year, and laundry equipment prices spiked close to 20% in recent months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Walmart will have to wrestle with the price question in a big way. Of the company's $500 billion in sales last year, about $50 billion was linked to Chinese imports or investments in Chinese businesses, estimated Greg Melich, a retail analyst at MoffettNathanson.

And raising prices is anathema to Walmart, a company that controls 10% of the US retail market and has a customer base of low- and middle-income Americans.

"Given that Walmart was such a huge source of cheap products for low income customers over the years, this really hurts the very people that Trump professes to help," said Sucharita Kodali, a retail analyst for research firm Forrester.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Kodali predicted that prices will rise in categories where products have become less expensive in recent years, such as hockey gear. Ice hockey gloves made the administration's final list. So did baseball gloves.

Supply chain havoc

Walmart's American suppliers rely on parts from China to assemble and finish production in the United States. For example, Lasko fans, which are assembed in the United States and sold at stores, rely on motors from China.

The same with bikes: Each mass market bicycle requires 40 individual parts to make, all of which are imported. "Tariffs on these parts would make U.S. manufacturing uncompetitive and drive up the price of bicycles for children and families," Walmart told Lighthizer.

Although the company has been working to buy more bikes from American manufacturers, not enough are made in the United States to meet demand. Even with 25% tariffs, buying bikes with Chinese parts will still be cheaper than suppliers shifting production entirely, Walmart said.

The Trump administration is using tariffs to push companies to manufacture more goods in the United States. But the National Retail Federation says the administration's thinking is flawed and carefully planned supply chain plans can't be redrawn overnight.

Retailers order their products six months to a year in advance, and they are left scrambling to find new options for 2019.

"The [administration] continues to overestimate the ability of US companies to shift supply chains out of China," the trade group said in its own letter to Lighthizer. "Global supply chains are extremely complex. It can take years to find the right partners who can meet the proper criteria and produce products at the scale and cost that is needed."

For example, the United States imported close to $220 million worth of dog leashes last year, and more than 80% came from China. And $474 million worth of lights for Christmas trees were imported to the United States last year, 85% of which were from China.

So while Walmart is already locked in for the coming holiday season, Christmas lights will probably be more expensive next year.

CNNMoney (New York) First published September 19, 2018: 10:20 AM ET

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Wisconsin shooting leaves 4 people injured, and the suspect is in critical condition

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Three people were seriously wounded Wednesday morning when a coworker opened fire at a software firm in a small Wisconsin city, police said.

The gunman, who was critically injured during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers, died later at a hospital, Middleton police said.

His identity has not been released. The suspect, a US citizen in his 40s, did not have any known criminal record or family who lived in the area, Chief Charles Foulke said Thursday.

Authorities searched the suspect's residence on the southwest side of Madison on Wednesday night. It's unknown if the gun used in the shooting was owned legally. But police said he did not have a Wisconsin conceal-and-carry permit.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating where the weapon was originally purchased.

"A significant number of bullets were fired" between the suspect and responding law enforcement, Foulke said.

The motive for the shooting, which unfolded in an office complex housing several businesses, is unclear.

Middleton Police Chief Charles Foulke said the gunman was an employee of WTS Paradigm, a software firm where he began shooting about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect had been employed at the company since April 2017.

"It wasn't unusual for him to be in there," Foulke said. "He had a reason to be in there."

During the shooting, people hid under desks or barricaded themselves, and many ran, he said.

Foulke said the suspect exchanged gunfire with four law enforcement officers, whose actions he described as "very heroic ... and, from what I've been told and I believe, prevented much more bloodshed from happening." The officers have all been placed on administrative leave, following department policy.

"We have reason to believe the suspect was heavily armed with a lot of extra ammunition, a lot of extra magazines," the chief said.

A total of 10 police officers and sheriff's deputies initially responded and entered the two-building complex, Foulke said. They arrived as workers poured out.

According to Foulke, three victims, two males and a female, are being treated for gunshot wounds at UWHealth, a local hospital. A fourth person was grazed.

A tweet Wednesday night from UWHealth said one person was in critical condition and the other two were in serious condition. The victim in critical condition had been upgraded on Thursday, Foulke said, declining to identify the victims.

The FBI is assisting in the investigation, the chief said.

About 50 police cars plus the FBI responded to the scene in the 1800 block of Deming Way, Keely Arthur of CNN affiliate WISC reported. Police video is being reviewed, Foulke said. The building also has surveillance cameras.

Some witnesses says shooter ran into this building 1800 Deming Way, police around the perimeter pic.twitter.com/47m3RX0N5H
- WRAL Keely Arthur (@keelyarthur50YS) September 19, 2018

Middleton, a suburb of the state capital Madison, is a city of about 17,000 residents.

"My heart goes out to the people involved in the shooting," Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar said. "You never would think this type of thing would happen in your city. Really, so sad that this happened here."

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Three people were seriously wounded Wednesday morning when a coworker opened fire at a software firm in a small Wisconsin city, police said. The gunman, who was critically injured during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers, died later at a hospital, Middleton police said. His identity has not been released.

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The Georgia district was ordered to do the primary election again because of voting errors.

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A judge said he will order a Georgia Legislature district to redo a primary election between two Republicans because errors in voter data called the results into question.

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The accused killer of Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbets appeared in court Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, one month after he was arrested for allegedly killing the 20-year-old college student.

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The accused killer of Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts appeared in court Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, one month after he was arrested for allegedly killing the 20-year-old college student.

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Tibbetts, a rising sophomore at the University of Iowa, disappeared on July 18 while jogging in her rural farming town of Brooklyn, a close-knit community of about 1,500 residents.

Her disappearance garnered national attention and state and federal investigators were soon asked to join the case.

On Aug. 21, her alleged killer, 24-year-old Cristhian Rivera, was arrested after authorities said he led them to the college student's body in a farm field.

Tibbetts died from multiple sharp force injuries, according to her autopsy.

In court on Wednesday Rivera waived his right to a speedy trial.

His trial was set for April 16, 2019.

Rivera is an undocumented immigrant and his arrest renewed debate over America's immigration system.

On the day of Rivera's arrest, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement, "We are angry that a broken immigration system allowed a predator like this to live in our community, and we will do all we can bring justice to Mollie's killer."

But Tibbetts' father said his daughter wouldn't want to be the face of an immigration debate and he begged for the family to be allowed to grieve privately.

"Please leave us out of your debate," Rob Tibbetts wrote in a guest column in The Des Moines Register. "I'm tired of my family being abused ... We want Mollie to die with dignity."

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The accused killer of Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts appeared in court Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, one month after he was arrested for allegedly killing the 20-year-old college student. Tibbetts, a rising sophomore at the University of Iowa, disappeared on July 18...

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A photo perfectly captured the moment two snorkelers in Scotland realized that there was a large dorsal fin behind them. As the two began to panic, they realized that the fin belonged to a harmless whale shark.

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This is the moment a snorkeler swimming in Scotland spotted a huge dorsal fin behind his pal - and realized a massive shark was directly behind them.

Will Clark, from Somerset, was swimming in waters around the Inner Hebrides archipelago last month when he captured the perfectly-timed snap.

But luckily for the divers the colossal creature that had come to greet them was not a deadly great white but a harmless basking shark.
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Second only to whale sharks as the biggest fish in the ocean, basking sharks are gentle giants and survive on a human-free diet of plankton and small crustaceans.

Property manager Will, 48, said: "I'm always astounded these encounters are possible in British waters.

"You have to be ever so stealthy and stay still when they can see you, otherwise they just swim down and disappear. If you're really lucky, they turn around and swim past you again."

Experts have terrified Brits with dark predictions of deadly sharks invading British waters.

Shark expert Dr Ken Collins said that in the next 30 years warmer conditions and availability of prey could make British waters an ideal hunting ground for the feared great white.

Dr Collins, of the University of Southampton, said: "You get great whites off the coast of South Africa where the water is colder than here and I see no reason why we should not have them in our waters.

''There are great whites in the Med, which isn't too far away and so I see no reason why they shouldn't be spotted here, particularly off the coast of Cornwall where there is an abundant supply of seals, which is their favorite food."

Basking sharks gather in significant numbers off Scotland at the height of summer, as conditions create an annual burst in numbers of their favorite food - small crustaceans called copeopods.

Will, who has been taking underwater photographs for a decade, said: "The biggest basking sharks I've swum with were about eight meters long - about the same length as a London bus.

"The smallest was a youngster about the same size as me.

"Very rarely they even come and check you out from this close, as long as you stay calm and still.

"There's no risk to humans as they only eat tiny animal plankton, which they catch by pushing water into their massive mouths and through specialized filters in their gills.

"My first thought on seeing a huge basking shark's wide open mouth coming straight at me, appearing through very murky water, was 'I am so pleased it doesn't want to eat me'."
This story originally appeared in The Sun.

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Four people were wounded Wednesday morning when a gunman opened fire in a small Wisconsin city, police said.

The suspect was also injured and is in critical condition, city officials said.
The motive for the shooting, which appears to have unfolded in an office building, is not yet known.

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The Eagles sign free agent Jordan Matthews. They put Mike Wallace on Injury Reserve.

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Free-agent wide receiver Jordan Matthews returns to where his career started.

The Philadelphia Eagles announced Wednesday they've signed Matthews. Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports first reported the development.

To make room on the roster, the Eagles placed wide receiver Mike Wallace on injured reserve with a fractured fibula.

Matthews, 26, entered the league in 2014 as a second-round pick with the Eagles and spent three seasons in Philadelphia, totaling 2,673 yards and 19 touchdowns on 225 catches.

During quarterback Carson Wentz's rookie season in 2016, Matthews proved to be a favorite target of Wentz with 117 looks, which led the team. Matthews turned those 117 targets into 73 catches for 804 yards, both of which finished second behind tight end Zach Ertz's 78 catches for 816 yards on 106 targets.

With Wentz medically cleared and returning to the starting lineup in Week 3, the addition of Matthews will help an Eagles' passing game in need of reliable wide receivers outside of Nelson Agholor. Alshon Jeffery continues to miss time with a shoulder injury, and the Eagles currently rank 23rd in the league in passing, averaging 220 yards per game with Nick Foles under center.

Wentz and Matthews, who averages 11.3 yards per catch on his career, should provide optimism for improvement in the passing attack.

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Eagles sign Jordan Matthews, put Mike Wallace on IR

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Free-agent wide receiver Jordan Matthews returns to where his career started. The Philadelphia Eagles announced Wednesday they've signed Matthews. Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports first reported the development. To make room on the roster, the Eagles placed wide receiver Mike Wallace on injured reserve with a fractured fibula.

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Two South Carolina mental health patients drowned in a prison transport van when floodwater from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence overtook the vehicle, according to the Horry County Sheriff's Office.

Two deputies were able to escape the vehicle, a news release said. Harrowing police scanner audio provides details into the efforts to save the women, who could be heard talking as rescuers scrambled to save them.

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2 inmates drown in police van swept away by Florence flooding

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Two South Carolina inmates drowned in a prison transport van when floodwater from the aftermath of Hurricane Florence overtook the vehicle, according to the Horry County Sheriff's Office.

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This is the moment a snorkeler swimming in Scotland spotted a huge dorsal fin behind his pal - and realized a massive shark was directly behind them.

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This is the moment a snorkeler swimming in Scotland spotted a huge dorsal fin behind his pal - and realized a massive shark was directly behind them.

Will Clark, from Somerset, was swimming in waters around the Inner Hebrides archipelago last month when he captured the perfectly-timed snap.

But luckily for the divers the colossal creature that had come to greet them was not a deadly great white but a harmless basking shark.
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Second only to whale sharks as the biggest fish in the ocean, basking sharks are gentle giants and survive on a human-free diet of plankton and small crustaceans.

Property manager Will, 48, said: "I'm always astounded these encounters are possible in British waters.

"You have to be ever so stealthy and stay still when they can see you, otherwise they just swim down and disappear. If you're really lucky, they turn around and swim past you again."

Experts have terrified Brits with dark predictions of deadly sharks invading British waters.

Shark expert Dr Ken Collins said that in the next 30 years warmer conditions and availability of prey could make British waters an ideal hunting ground for the feared great white.

Dr Collins, of the University of Southampton, said: "You get great whites off the coast of South Africa where the water is colder than here and I see no reason why we should not have them in our waters.

''There are great whites in the Med, which isn't too far away and so I see no reason why they shouldn't be spotted here, particularly off the coast of Cornwall where there is an abundant supply of seals, which is their favorite food."

Basking sharks gather in significant numbers off Scotland at the height of summer, as conditions create an annual burst in numbers of their favorite food - small crustaceans called copeopods.

Will, who has been taking underwater photographs for a decade, said: "The biggest basking sharks I've swum with were about eight meters long - about the same length as a London bus.

"The smallest was a youngster about the same size as me.

"Very rarely they even come and check you out from this close, as long as you stay calm and still.

"There's no risk to humans as they only eat tiny animal plankton, which they catch by pushing water into their massive mouths and through specialized filters in their gills.

"My first thought on seeing a huge basking shark's wide open mouth coming straight at me, appearing through very murky water, was 'I am so pleased it doesn't want to eat me'."
This story originally appeared in The Sun.

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Terrifying moment snorkeler realizes massive shark is directly behind his friend

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This is the moment a snorkeler swimming in Scotland spotted a huge dorsal fin behind his pal - and realized a massive shark was directly behind them. Will Clark, from Somerset, was swimming in waters around the Inner Hebrides archipelago last month when he captured the perfectly-timed snap.

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The police reported 35 year old woman, Crystal Kohler in Florida yelling "I am a Kardashian" before pushing her neighbor.

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A Florida woman announced she was a "Kardashian" before assaulting her neighbor for allegedly being too nosey, police said Monday.

Crystal Kohler, 35, was charged with simple battery, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

She was arrested Friday after she randomly approached a neighbor and said, "I'm a Kardashian, I'm going to [expletive] you up," the sheriff's office said. Kohler then allegedly pushed the neighbor.

The woman told deputies the victim was being too "nosey." The victim told deputies there had been an ongoing problem with Kohler, alleging Kohler screamed at the neighbor for no reason, authorities said.

Kohler was being held in Marion County Jail on $500 bond.

Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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A Florida woman announced she was a "Kardashian" before assaulting her neighbor for allegedly being too nosey, police said Monday. Crystal Kohler, 35, was charged with simple battery, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. She was arrested Friday after she randomly approached a neighbor and said, "I'm a Kardashian, I'm going to [expletive] you up," the sheriff's office said.

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'Brady Bunch' star Maureen McCormick says her parents almost turned her in to the cops while star battled drug abuse. V

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Former child star Maureen McCormick is grateful her parents and her now-husband helped her overcome one of the darkest periods of her life.

"My mom and dad, they almost turned me in to the cops," the actress, best known for playing Marcia Brady in the hit '70s show "The Brady Bunch," recently told Us Weekly about her drug addiction. "They were at their last... cause they had been trying for years and knew something was going on and I was pretty sneaky and I could hide very, very well.

"But then I started messing up on jobs and so many things, so I'm sure everyone in the industry at the time knew that I was flaking out."

McCormick insisted her future husband gave her an ultimatum.

"[I] met this guy [Michael Cummings] - it was before we were married and we were just dating - and I had my last relapse. He came to me and said, 'If you ever do this drug again, I'm gone, I'm leaving.' It woke me up. It was like the coldest shower you could ever take, there's just no way I'm gonna lose somebody that I love."

"... We've been married now for 33 years. I just had a feeling that I could trust him with my whole heart and that he was so honest and such a beautiful, beautiful human being."

Looking back at her own journey, McCormick had some no-nonsense advice on battling addiction.

"I recommend to anyone who's struggling to throw that phone book out and do not, do not hang out with anyone who's using," she warned. "I had to literally say goodbye to so many people that I was hanging out with."

Back in 2008, McCormick released a tell-all which detailed how she got deeper into Hollywood's drug scene.

According to The Telegraph, McCormick revealed she traded sex for drugs with a Hollywood cocaine dealer who later went to jail, and once allowed an older man she met at the Playboy Mansion to videotape her naked in exchange for drugs.

McCormick's addiction was so powerful that she reportedly turned up to an audition for Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" completely "messed up" after being awake for several days on drugs.

"If there was coke, I had to stay up and do every last flake even if it meant going without sleep for days," she wrote. "Nothing else mattered."

McCormick would go on to get sober and is now at peace. In fact, she honored her late TV mom Florence Henderson by participating in the American Heart Association's (AHA) Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection 2017.

The annual show was created to raise awareness on heart disease among women. According to AHA, cardiovascular diseases cause one in three deaths among women each year - more than all cancers combined.

Henderson passed away in late 2016 at age 82 from heart failure. Just three days before her death, she attended a taping of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" to cheer on McCormick, who was participating in the dance competition series.

"[Florence was] a person who wanted to spread love and laughter," McCormick told Fox News. "She loved people, she loved life. She's born on Valentine's Day, how perfect, right? [She was] just a great woman. Someone I really admired."

McCormick had a special message for her fans.

"Just be careful women," said McCormick. "This is the number one killer of women. Heart disease. Ask questions, go talk to your doctor, get all the tests and check-ups that we're supposed to do for cholesterol, and blood pressure and blood sugar. Exercise a good amount. And eat right. And take care of yourself. Life is short, you know."

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Former child star Maureen McCormick is grateful her parents and her now-husband helped her overcome one of the darkest periods of her life. "My mom and dad, they almost turned me in to the cops," the actress, best known for playing Marcia Brady in the hit '70s show "The Brady Bunch," recently told Us Weekly about her drug addiction.