The state’s top health official said Wednesday there’s a simple, cost-free way to prevent dozens of children from dying each year: Let them sleep alone.

It feels as if I already critiqued “Ice Age: Continental Drift” a few weeks ago in my review of “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.” Like that animated sequel, this film is burdened with the excessively recognizable voices of celebrities, overdone morals, and a dire amount of repetition. Granted, “Ice Age” has persisted to be a much funnier, more charming franchise than “Madagascar.” After four films and countless millions though, it may be time for this 10-year-old series to go extinct.

It feels as if I already critiqued “Ice Age: Continental Drift” a few weeks ago in my review of “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.” Like that animated sequel, this film is burdened with the excessively recognizable voices of celebrities, overdone morals, and a dire amount of repetition. Granted, “Ice Age” has persisted to be a much funnier, more charming franchise than “Madagascar.” After four films and countless millions though, it may be time for this 10-year-old series to go extinct.

When Brizeiry “Brizy” Naranjo found herself pregnant her senior year of high school, a counselor recommended she contact Mesa’s Banner Desert Medical Center. A program there would provide home visits to help Naranjo and her boyfriend as they became parents.

A national consulting firm tasked with finding Surprise’s new police chief has narrowed its search to four candidates. Since November, the search for a new police chief has been handled by the Morrison Group, a Colorado-based recruiting firm working with the city to find a replacement for former Chief Dan Hughes.

Beginning last week, a new law started protecting consumers against what some call abusive practices by credit card issuers.

For those who like their non-threatening excuses to sit in air conditioning and buy the tie-in toys, there's always Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.