Message arrives 21 years later
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080324/capt.1a719670da8447a9a115206d1d4d1a24.message_in_a_bottle_wakc104.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=4aYBC.dLDMPzJSrfEtKjjA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This family photo provided by Emily Shih (Hwaung) shows Shih in 1987. Shih sent a note in a bottle for a 1987 class project that was recently found in Alaska. About 21 years passed between the time Shih put the message in a soda bottle and Merle Brandell, not pictured, picked it up on the beach. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Emily Shih)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_fe_st/odd_message_in_a_bottle)AP - Merle Brandell and his black lab Slapsey were beachcombing along the Bering Sea when he spied a plastic bottle among the Japanese glass floats he often finds along the shore of his tiny Alaskan fishing village.</p><br clear="all"/>
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