Michael Jackson suffered a heart attack this afternoon at his home and paramedics were not able to revive him, TMZ reported. Jackson was administered CPR in the ambulance, the gossip site said. [Associated Press]

The Los Angeles Fire Department says Michael was not breathing when paramedics arrived.

PHOTOS: Michael Jackson through the years

Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince “Blanket” Michael Jackson II.

Ancestry tweeted today that:

We have been working on a few enhancements for the image page to make it easier for you to read what is on the page, and then to add your own knowledge about your ancestors to our indexes.

First, we’ve added some tools to help you find what you are looking for on an image:

• a collapsible index panel below the image will show you the transcription for each record on the image. This will help you locate your ancestor on the image as well as show you who else is on the page and what information was transcribed for each record.
• a collapsible source panel so that you can quickly view the source citation and learn more about the data collection
• a collapsible member connect panel so that you can see who has had something to add to this record, and who has been researching it.

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Arianna Huffington, of Huffington Post, may sound funny with her accent, but she is an astute observer of the political scene. Today she has an article headlined Lobbyists on a Roll: Gutting Reform on Banking, Energy and Health Care.

She sets out showing how lobbyists water-down, gut, or out-and-out kill ambitious plans for reforming Wall Street, energy, and health care.

She labels it “there’s been a change in the plans for change.”

Being an active worker in Obama’s Campaign for Change, still a supporter of President Obama’s efforts, I don’t like hearing about a change in plans for change. I remain an idealistic believer in the “Yes, We Can” motto.

But I’m not so idealistic as to believe that change is going to happen just because I voted for President Obama and he won the election. I know enough about politics and how it works to understand that electing Obama was just the beginning step. We are now in the really difficult part—actually making the change happen we sought in last November’s election.

Obama warned us that change won’t come easily and that we have to stick together and support his efforts. He sends out e-mails to us about keeping involved and engaging in community events and activities. Some of us do, many don’t, having decided to return to hibernation. [Read more →]