Public Relations

When working from home goes wrong

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSONAP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Nearly every office dweller fantasizes about the joys of working from home: Dressing in PJs instead of suits. Eating from the fridge and not the vending machine. Listening to birds chirp instead of the boss bark. But

Kennedy White House social secretary dead at 86

By JESSICA GRESKOAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Letitia Baldrige, the White House social secretary during the Kennedy administration who came to be regarded as an authority on etiquette, has died. Baldrige, 86, died Monday in Bethesda, Md., friend Mary M. Mitchell confirmed Thursday. At the

After Sandy, canceled flights but no airport chaos

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAssociated Press Airlines Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Sandy has left more than 18,000 flight cancellations in its wake. Chaos at airports? Hardly. Not long ago, a powerful storm pounding the Northeast would have brought havoc to some of the nation's busiest airports

Mood of the Nation: Business owner spending less

By MATT SEDENSKYAssociated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) - On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them was Hilda