Editing JPEG in RAW, Saving Crooked

HELP!! My camera does not shoot in RAW format, however PSE9 states that I can edit my JPEG images in "camera RAW" then save it to print later.(They save in DNG. or dng. only)
PROBLEM: the image is saved an eighth turn crooked and generaly most of the image is lost or out of "frame" so I can't even re-crop or straighten the image back out!!
How do I save this new RAW image straight? Or what am I doing wrong??
Tried to upload an example but its too bigI guess, Sorry.

OK So I looked into y'all's advice and went back to try to discern what I was doing. So here is a break down of what I did.
Opened PS Elements 9 Edit
Chose photo to edit, opened as "Camera Raw"
(Photo opened in RAW Editor)
Edited shot
Saved shot in 2 formats;
  Saved as a JPEG: (result; shot saved in reverse and crooked by 1/8 turn left, but I can open anywhere and print)
  Saved as a DNG: (result; Shot saved correct, but only opens in RAW Editor and can't print!!)
I prefer the RAW edited shot over the PSE9 Editor shot but I can't figure out how to print it!!
PS: Can someone please translate what ACR is?!?!?!
Sorry still new to the technical lingo!!

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    I've been using Aperture for a while now, but I Just got photoshop and I'd like to edit some photos (JPEGs not RAWs) in Photoshop. When I edit them, Aperture converts the files to HUGE TIFFs and I can edit and save the TIFF in photoshop and then a new image appears in my aperture library (a TIFF) with the edits. That's all fine and everything, but how do I convert my newly edited TIFF back into a JPEG? I don't see any advantage to having a 50 MB TIFF file instead of a 2 MB JPEG (and the original TIFF was converted to a jpeg, so any compression artifacts are actually stored in the TIFF).

    J-a-x wrote:
    That sort of sounds like an archaic way of doing it. Why is it that iPhoto lets me edit a jpeg in an external editor no problem but not Aperture. Does that mean that Aperture, despite being a "pro" application is less advanced in this sense than iPhoto?
    No. Editing in JPEG is not part of a professional workflow. JPEG is a (useful) lossy format used for final file delivery only, and then only when absolutely necessary. iPhoto is aimed to include amateur users, so JPEG usage is facilitated to a degree that would be inappropriate for a professional app.
    -Allen Wicks

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    Just some random thoughts, no real advice here...
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