I received the following personal email from teen music/songwriter, Megan Landry—This music video is AMAZING and I wanted to share it with you!! She just won the Arts and Culture Award at the 2012 Spirit of the Capital Youth Awards!

Hi, I’m 15 and wrote this because of a personal experience. I did the video myself too. I was not going to let them break me. Reality, if it shows that it bothers you, they’ll just do it more. I hope this will help those that are starting to feel torn down — to rise up! Don’t let anyone make you a victim. They aren’t worth it. 

(Rest of email below video)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf_7hfA5Pgk&feature=channel_video_title

Could you share Stronger on your Facebook or tweet it? I’d really really appreciate it.

It’s making a difference, kids are reaching out to me. Here’s one that a kid sent me on my Facebook fan page:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=284415941652409&set=o.196106140483946&type=3&theater

Megan xo

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911 Recording: Dad Killed Mom, Told Me to Call You

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Police Release Photo of Mysterious “Forest Boy”

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A teenage father has been charged with child abuse after his seven-week-old daughter was treated in hospital for a fractured skull and broken ribs. Jordan Alan Minteer, 19, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, was arrested on Sunday after his daughter Emma Grace was admitted to intensive care. It is not sure if she will survive. It is still unknown what caused the child’s injuries or why they were inflicted on her.  READ MORE HERE

BELLEFONTE, Penn. — The prosecution in a child rape proceeding against former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky could finish by Friday, the judge said Wednesday. “Things are moving along quicker than anticipated,” Pennsylvania judge John Cleland said before ending the day’s proceedings.  READ MORE HERE

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Ex-foster father gets life in prison for sexually abusing and raping five children under the age of 13

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Online child abuse images are becoming “more extreme, sadistic and violent”, with the vast number of images and pressure on resources making identifying new victims increasingly difficult, according to a study from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP). “The children in these images are getting younger and the offenses committed against them are getting more serious and extreme,” said Andy Baker, deputy chief executive of the CEOP Centre. “Not only has a child been abused when these images were taken but they are being abused again each time that image is viewed.”  READ MORE HERE

A father was arrested on abuse charges as his son struggles for life in the hospital.  In Oklahoma City, Charles Whitlow, 20, brought his 2-month-old son into the hospital with a brain hemorrhage and was arrested after admitting to violently shaking the child and then slamming him down in bed.   READ MORE HERE

A Texas father may have been within his rights when he beat a man to death after allegedly catching him in the act of molesting his four-year-old daughter. According to reports, the incident took place Saturday while the little girl’s family was hosting a get-together at their home in rural Shiner, Tx.  READ MORE HERE

DNA confirmed that the remains of a seven-month-old boy were found in a garbage dump after the baby’s mother told police he would be ‘found in a casket.’  Torrey Brown, who went missing in March, was found in a landfill in Arapahoe County, Colorado after crews sifted through more than 9,000 tons of trash at a cost of $10,000 per day, it has been revealed. READ MORE HERE

TROY — The Troy man accused of raping his children and allowing two other men to have sex with one son has requested a new public defender. Kenneth H. Brandt, 39, faces 31 counts of felony rape in Miami County and seven similar felonies in Montgomery County.  READ MORE HERE