What To Do When Your Car Gets Stolen

Car theft is something that few people ever want to consider the possibility of, but it is also a fact of life these days. As such, it's important to know what to do in case such an unfortunate thing happens. Luckily, automotive blog Jalopnik asked its readers and put together a step-by-step outline of what to do when your car goes AWOL. Click here for the full article.

What To Do When Your Car Gets Stolen
Thomas McIntyre, Jalopnik

One of the worst things that can happen to you is having your car stolen. To take the guessing out of such a horrible situation, Jalopnik readers have a to-do checklist for when it happens.

10.) Make sure your car is actually gone
Suggested By: Nate Mason
Why: Everybody has walked into a parking garage or out of the grocery store and not been able to find their car. Maybe you parked on a different level, or in a different row, but either way, your car isn't gone, you just can't find it. Don't confuse this with it being stolen.

9.) Ask yourself if it might have been towed
Suggested By: Nate Mason
Why: There's also a good chance your car was towed. Think if you have a ton of outstanding parking tickets, if there's a chance it could be repo'd, or if you parked in a terrible spot.

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Lost Medieval Church Discovered

The hunt for King Richard III is on and archaeologists think they may have found his grave underneath a church parking lot. Read the full story here.

Lost Medieval Church Discovered Beneath Parking Lot

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer

The hunt for King Richard III's grave is heating up, with archaeologists announcing today (Sept. 5) that they have located the church where the king was buried in 1485.

"The discoveries so far leave us in no doubt that we are on the site of Leicester's Franciscan Friary, meaning we have crossed the first significant hurdle of the investigation," Richard Buckley, the lead archaeologist on the dig, said in a statement.

Buckley and his colleagues have been excavating a parking lot in Leicester, England, since Aug. 25. They are searching for Greyfriars church, said to be the final resting place of Richard III, who died in battle during the War of the Roses, an English civil war. A century later, Shakespeare would immortalize Richard III in a play of the same name.

After his death in the Battle of Bosworth Field, Richard III was brought to Leicester and buried at Greyfriars. The location of the grave, and the church itself, was eventually lost to history, though University of Leicester archaeologists traced the likely location to beneath the parking lot for the Leicester City Council offices.

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5 Kid Safety Suggestion for Kids Playing in Parking Lots

Offbeat Mama, an online blog about parenting against the grain, has a blog post about suggestions for kids to play safely when your "yard" is a parking lot. To read the full article click here. 

5 suggestions for playing safely when your "yard" is a parking lot
Guestpost By ASHLEY

It's April 2011: my two-year-old is snoring in the backseat. I follow the landlords into the apartment complex, noting the "Slow! Children at Play!" signs at both entrances. I spied the little nook where everyone's bikes and outdoor wheeled toys were jammed together. I ask if there are other families — yes — and are there any noise complaints — no, but the bar across the street can get riled up at peak times. After two years of being parents in college-oriented complexes, I was ready for a place that seemed more family-friendly. Except for the weird amount of grass between the ten buildings, it was perfect.

Oh, how I've wished for more grass! I grew up in military housing, where the houses are duplexes and everyone's yards are smushed together into these huge patches of grass. We ran around with bare feet and more than once ran into the wrong back door. But here? Two of the buildings have smushed patches behind them that could count as yards — one unit inexplicably has a back door, even — but it's not in a place where the kids can really play safely and supervised. What's the alternative? The parking lot? With cars?!

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