Michael Jackson hospitalized

AP, Jun 25, 2009 5:00 pm PDT
LOS ANGELES – A fire department official tells the Los Angeles Times that Michael Jackson has been rushed to the hospital.
Steve Ruda (ROO'-dah) told the newspaper Thursday that Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m.

The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the paper.

L. Londell McMillan, a lawyer for Jackson, did not have any information. Messages left for other Jackson associates were not immediately returned.

The hospitalization was first reported by the Web site TMZ.