Hawaii

The United States said Friday it would host annual talks among trade ministers of 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the western state of Montana in May next year.

The United States says it will host annual talks among trade ministers of 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the western state of Montana in May next year.

Hawaii’s residents had the highest wellbeing in 2009, with Utah and Montana following close behind. West Virginia and Kentucky continue to have the lowest wellbeing scores in the nation for a second year in a row.

*Lawmakers in Hawaii are trying to come up with a legal way to ignore repeated requests from “birthers,” the nickname given to people who continue to ask for proof that President Barack Obama was born there.

Some people just can't take a hint. And those people get unfortunate nicknames, like 'birthers.' The term 'birther' describes someone who believes President Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii, or the United States, and thus is constitutionally ineli