(ARA) - Working from home may provide many benefits, but a break from germs may not be one of them. Why? A recent workplace study revealed that desktops in home offices harbor more bacteria than desktops in traditional offices.

Jessica Smith is Chief Mom Advisor of MomForce.com and Chief Mom Officer for Wishpot.com . She chronicles her experiences as a mom and virtual executive at JessicaKnows.com . More and more moms are leaving the nine-to-five corporate grind and finding themselves working virtually from home in order to spend more quality time with their children. These balance-achieving moms need to stay ...

LODI – The Lodi Fire Department is working with police to investigate three suspicious fires that have hit the same home in just over a week.

Gina Cristallini loved offering daycare out of her Melrose home and working with children. There was only one problem. “The kids were destroying my house,” she said with a smile and chuckle. So where to take rambunctious kids? The fair, of course.