var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('** FILE **In this May 2007 photo released by Pat B. Mitchell, Meredith Emerson is seen with her dog Ella, in Flowery Branch, Ga.  A reader-submitted question related to Meredith Emerson\'s dog is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called "Ask AP." A reader asked  What happened to Meredith Emerson\'s dog Ella? The parents of 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson have adopted her dog Ella and are taking the black Labrador mix back to their home in Longmont, Colo. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Pat B. Mitchell)','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080323/080323-emrson-hmed-3p.jpg','5:48 p.m. ET, 3/23/08','Anonymous / AP','AP',23770119));