WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Paris Hilton has responded to presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's ad comparing the heiress to Barack Obama with a campaign ad of her own.

Hilton's spot, paid for by Web site funnyordie.com, stars the socialite mocking McCain's "Celeb" ad comparing Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, to Hilton and Britney Spears, CNN reported Wednesday.

"I want America to know that I'm, like, totally ready to lead," the swimsuit-clad Hilton said in her video.

Hilton said her administration would have an energy policy that represents a "hybrid" of McCain's and Obama's positions and even revealed her pick for vice president: "I'm thinking Rihanna," she said.

"I'll see you at the White House. Oh, and I might paint it pink. I hope that's cool with you guys," Hilton said in the video.

The video ends with a satirical sign-off from the hotel heiress: "I'm Paris Hilton and I approve this message because I think it's totally hot."

McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said campaign is aware of the video.

"It sounds like Paris Hilton supports John McCain's 'all of the above' approach to America's energy crisis -- including both alternatives and drilling. Paris Hilton might not be as big a celebrity as Barack Obama but she obviously has a better energy plan," he told CNN.

26 teen cheerleaders trapped in elevator

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Police at the University of Texas in Austin said emergency responders freed 26 teen cheerleaders that had crammed into an elevator, causing the doors to jam.

Campus police said the group of 14-to-17-year-olds attending Texas Cheer Camp packed themselves into an elevator that successfully descended from the fourth floor of Jester Hall to the ground floor. But once the elevator arrived at its intended destination, the doors would not open, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.

The girls used cell phones to call for help but they were trapped for about 25 minutes while a repairman worked on the doors, police said.

One of the girls was treated at a hospital and released after the ordeal caused her to faint. Two others were treated at the scene for minor ailments.

"It's dangerous actually," said Rhonda Weldon, director of communications for the UT Police Department. "They're lucky that that's all that happened."

"Take the sign seriously," she said. "There are signs everywhere: No more than 15 people or 3,000 pounds."

Court: Rocker's booze not tax-exempt

HELSINGBORG, Sweden, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A Swedish musician's "right to rock" doesn't extend to considering copious amounts of alcohol as a personal expense for tax purposes, officials said.

The 21-year-old singer had tried to claim that because rockers drink a lot as part of their jobs, he should be allowed to import 12 gallons of spirits, 16 gallons of wine and 300 beers into Sweden without having to pay hefty import duties, The Local reported Wednesday.

"I … drink a great deal more than the average Swede. I'm a singer in a rock band and whiskey is a part of it," the rocker contended at an administrative court hearing in Helsingborg, Sweden.

However, the court disagreed with him, ruling that the booze didn't qualify under rules that exempt alcohol for "individual consumption" from the liquor import duties.

Sweden says 'no mail' to British woman

MALMO, Sweden, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Sweden's postal service declines to discuss its refusal to deliver the mail to a British woman because her mailbox is on the wrong side of the road.

Ginny Rankin, who hails from the island of Jersey off the English coast, had no trouble receiving mail in the box in front of her house until her route was changed to a different distribution center, The Local reported Wednesday.

The postman of that distribution center arrives at her house from the opposite direction, meaning he'd have to get out of his vehicle and walk across the street to put the mail in her box.

Rankin received a letter saying her mailbox had to be moved across the street if she wanted to continue receiving mail.

"I didn't think they were serious," she said, adding that they wanted her to place her mailbox on someone else's property. "It's almost like they're the mafia holding our post as ransom."

Sweden's postal service had no comment on the situation.