Solar Park in Benson: Kevin Rasch, right, developer of a new Solar Park to produce renewable energy supplies in Benson, discusses the 200-acre project with, from left, Gabe Zimmerman, and Tamrack Little, of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' office, Tucson resident Joanie Rodik, Susan Buchan, director of the Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission, and Julia Robinson of Benson.
Giffords outreach director Gabe Zimmerman is one of the at least five people slain today, according to one of our sister papers, the Green Valley News and Sun.

A 9-year-old girl, Judge John Roll and at least three others are dead.

Solar Park in Benson: Kevin Rasch, right, developer of a new Solar Park to produce renewable energy supplies in Benson, discusses the 200-acre project with, from left, Gabe Zimmerman, and Tamrack Little, of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' office, Tucson resident Joanie Rodik, Susan Buchan, director of the Cochise County Planning and Zoning Commission, and Julia Robinson of Benson.
Giffords outreach director Gabe Zimmerman is one of the at least five people slain today, according to one of our sister papers, the Green Valley News and Sun.

A 9-year-old girl, Judge John Roll and at least three others are dead.

Christina Aguilera says Cher, her co-star in the new film "Burlesque" who has been married twice and has had a string of Hollywood romances, gave her relationship advice following her recent split from husband Jordan Bratman.
Aguilera, 29, filed for divorce from Bratman, a 33-year-old music marketing executive, in October. They married in November 2005 and have a 2-year-old son, Max.
The singer, who is making her acting debut in the dance-oriented "Burlesque", said Cher has praised Christina Aguilera's acting skills in the film, which sees the "Genie in a Bottle" singer making her on-screen debut as a small-town girl who moves to Los Angeles and begins working in a club as a waitress, aiming to one day perform on stage.

Aguilera also plans to sing and perform routines inspired from the movie at the 2010 American Music Awards and did not confirm or deny whether Cher, 64, would join her on stage. When asked, she smiled slyly and refused to comment.

Cher was married to singer-turned-congressman Sonny Bono, the father of their 41-year-old transgendered son Chaz Bono, between 1964 and 1975. Sonny Bono, who sang the hit duet "I Got You Babe" with Cher in 1965, died in 1998.

Days after their divorce was finalized, Cher and musician Gregg Allman wed in Las Vegas. They have a 34-year-old son, Elijah Blue. The pair divorced in 1979.

Cher has also dated actors Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty and Val Kilmer and guitarist Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.

"I enjoyed them all!" Cher told Parade magazine. "I never felt I chose badly, and I was always happy when the next man came along. I can usually last about two years with a man, and that's it. The moment the relationship goes into the phase of more commitment, it changes."

She is currently in a relationship with 52-year-old television screenwriter Ron Zimmerman, who she met on Facebook through a mutual friend.

"He thought that I was a Cher impersonator or a hooker," she said. "It never occurred to him that it was actually me. We played verbal volleyball for about a month until he called my friend and asked who I really was. She went, 'It's Cher.' Ron flipped out. Then we talked on the phone. I said, 'Why don't you come over and we'll meet? If I don't like you or you don't like me, you can just go home.'"

"Even though I'm older than him, I'd never before been with anybody over 30," Cher said. "Ron is short, a bit scraggly, like an absentminded professor. He's the funniest person I have ever met, and the most eccentric - so bizarre and kind and very special."

Christina Aguilera says Cher, her co-star in the new film "Burlesque" who has been married twice and has had a string of Hollywood romances, gave her relationship advice following her recent split from husband Jordan Bratman.
Aguilera, 29, filed for divorce from Bratman, a 33-year-old music marketing executive, in October. They married in November 2005 and have a 2-year-old son, Max.
The singer, who is making her acting debut in the dance-oriented "Burlesque", said Cher has praised Christina Aguilera's acting skills in the film, which sees the "Genie in a Bottle" singer making her on-screen debut as a small-town girl who moves to Los Angeles and begins working in a club as a waitress, aiming to one day perform on stage.

Aguilera also plans to sing and perform routines inspired from the movie at the 2010 American Music Awards and did not confirm or deny whether Cher, 64, would join her on stage. When asked, she smiled slyly and refused to comment.

Cher was married to singer-turned-congressman Sonny Bono, the father of their 41-year-old transgendered son Chaz Bono, between 1964 and 1975. Sonny Bono, who sang the hit duet "I Got You Babe" with Cher in 1965, died in 1998.

Days after their divorce was finalized, Cher and musician Gregg Allman wed in Las Vegas. They have a 34-year-old son, Elijah Blue. The pair divorced in 1979.

Cher has also dated actors Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty and Val Kilmer and guitarist Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.

"I enjoyed them all!" Cher told Parade magazine. "I never felt I chose badly, and I was always happy when the next man came along. I can usually last about two years with a man, and that's it. The moment the relationship goes into the phase of more commitment, it changes."

She is currently in a relationship with 52-year-old television screenwriter Ron Zimmerman, who she met on Facebook through a mutual friend.

"He thought that I was a Cher impersonator or a hooker," she said. "It never occurred to him that it was actually me. We played verbal volleyball for about a month until he called my friend and asked who I really was. She went, 'It's Cher.' Ron flipped out. Then we talked on the phone. I said, 'Why don't you come over and we'll meet? If I don't like you or you don't like me, you can just go home.'"

"Even though I'm older than him, I'd never before been with anybody over 30," Cher said. "Ron is short, a bit scraggly, like an absentminded professor. He's the funniest person I have ever met, and the most eccentric - so bizarre and kind and very special."

Cher is undoubtedly one of the most beloved stars in the world. But it hasn't always been an easy road for the iconic singer-actress.
The 64-year-old star of the upcoming musical Burlesque (in theaters Wednesday) has opened up to Parade magazine about the events in her life that led her to consider taking her own life.
Childhood was tough for Cher, who says she didn't meet her father until she was 11 years old and always considered herself a "black sheep." She admits she always wanted to be famous, but she didn't realize how much of an impact being in the spotlight would have on her.
"Famous people pay a price," she says. "Their privacy is invaded--things that would never happen to regular people." And it was fame that ultimately helped destroy her first marriage to Sonny Bono.
"Stardom made Sonny a huge womanizer," she confesses. "One woman, or even five, was not enough for him. I found all this out afterward. I asked him, 'How did you manage the logistics?' I was trusting and faithful with him. The truth is, I'm not so sure we should've ever been husband and wife."
Those doubts began to take a toll on Cher -- so much so that it led her to consider suicide. "I thought about jumping off a hotel balcony," she tells Parade. "Then I thought, 'No, I can just leave him.' When I told Sonny, he said, 'If you leave me, America will hate you and you won't have a job.' I went, 'You know what, Sonny? I just don't care!'"
Her subsequent split from Bono in 1974 was hardly the end of Cher's personal woes: She goes on to talk about her difficult split from second husband Gregg Allman, who suffered from heroin addiction, as well as her struggles with accepting her eldest child Chastity's decision to undergo a sex change to become Chaz Bono. But she's continued to find strength through many things in her life.
Cher, who's currently dating TV screenwriter Ron Zimmerman, says she still believes in love. She admires the strength of her children Chaz and Elijah Allman, and continues to love her work.
"I... enjoy being an entertainer," she explains. "Even when you're feeling sick, hurting a lot, like you might die, once you get out there onstage and find everything is working -- the lights, the music -- you know you'll be fine. You feel so big and so tall, like you are in some sort of alternate universe. It's magnificent! As long as I can do it and people still come to see me, I don't want to quit working. It's magic."

Cher is undoubtedly one of the most beloved stars in the world. But it hasn't always been an easy road for the iconic singer-actress.
The 64-year-old star of the upcoming musical Burlesque (in theaters Wednesday) has opened up to Parade magazine about the events in her life that led her to consider taking her own life.
Childhood was tough for Cher, who says she didn't meet her father until she was 11 years old and always considered herself a "black sheep." She admits she always wanted to be famous, but she didn't realize how much of an impact being in the spotlight would have on her.
"Famous people pay a price," she says. "Their privacy is invaded--things that would never happen to regular people." And it was fame that ultimately helped destroy her first marriage to Sonny Bono.
"Stardom made Sonny a huge womanizer," she confesses. "One woman, or even five, was not enough for him. I found all this out afterward. I asked him, 'How did you manage the logistics?' I was trusting and faithful with him. The truth is, I'm not so sure we should've ever been husband and wife."
Those doubts began to take a toll on Cher -- so much so that it led her to consider suicide. "I thought about jumping off a hotel balcony," she tells Parade. "Then I thought, 'No, I can just leave him.' When I told Sonny, he said, 'If you leave me, America will hate you and you won't have a job.' I went, 'You know what, Sonny? I just don't care!'"
Her subsequent split from Bono in 1974 was hardly the end of Cher's personal woes: She goes on to talk about her difficult split from second husband Gregg Allman, who suffered from heroin addiction, as well as her struggles with accepting her eldest child Chastity's decision to undergo a sex change to become Chaz Bono. But she's continued to find strength through many things in her life.
Cher, who's currently dating TV screenwriter Ron Zimmerman, says she still believes in love. She admires the strength of her children Chaz and Elijah Allman, and continues to love her work.
"I... enjoy being an entertainer," she explains. "Even when you're feeling sick, hurting a lot, like you might die, once you get out there onstage and find everything is working -- the lights, the music -- you know you'll be fine. You feel so big and so tall, like you are in some sort of alternate universe. It's magnificent! As long as I can do it and people still come to see me, I don't want to quit working. It's magic."