Washington, Oct 28 : Virginia Republican Party Chairman Jeff Frederick has said that John McCain''s campaign dismissed his input on his state’s historically conservative voters, even as the Republican presidential candidate slid in polls and the state unexpectedly became a battleground. 

“They act as if, ‘How could you tell us to change our plan?’” said Frederick, who had offered advice on how to minimize losses in the state’s liberal-leaning northern region. 

New York, Oct 28 : A website called mccainpalinhalloween. com is reportedly offering 500 dollars to the best Sarah Palin look-alikes on the eve of Halloween.

The folks behind the website will select the pictures, and will post them on the site to be voted by readers.

They are also offering the same prize money for a best look-alike of Republican John McCain.

"We think this Halloween will capture a political zeitgeist the likes of which the world has never seen before," the Daily News quoted site creator David Snow as saying.

London, Oct 28 : Seventy four percent UK citizens think that the United States is ready for a Black president, a survey has found.

The Reader’s Digest survey found 70 percent of those in the UK favoured Democrat Barack Obama over his Republican rival John McCain and 74 percent thought the US was ready for its first Black president.

In the UK, 17 percent of respondents said they were pro-American, 72 percent neutral and 10 percent anti-American.

Washington - Republican presidential candidate John McCain met with economic and business leaders on Monday, while Democrat Barack Obama was to address voters with remarks he dubbed his "closing argument" as the campaigns made their final pushes ahead of next week's elections.

The faltering US economy remained the key issue of the race with McCain arguing that voters can trust him to handle the crisis. Both were in Ohio, one of a select few hotly contested states that will decide the outcome of the election.