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Quvenzhane Wallis may be only 9 years old, but the young actress has already earned rave reviews and Oscar buzz for her role in the fantasy drama "Beasts of the Southern Wild." She talks about the film, saying she would act in movies "over and over again for all my life." (TODAY)

Four months after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor in her leg, Paishence Joy Watkins, 9, underwent surgery at St. Jude Children's research hospital. Now able to walk again for the first time since April, Watkins tells TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager she can't wait to be "riding my bike again." (TODAY)

"They didn't think she was going to make it," said the mother of Xitclalli "Chilli" Vazquez to TODAY's Lester Holt. Chilli, 9, was injured after a drunk driver slammed into her family's car. A year later, she wrote a letter to the man who left her paralyzed from the chest down. (TODAY)

Sam Gordon, 9, has turned heads in an all-male pee-wee football league after scoring 35 touchdowns and running 1,911 yards in a year. TODAY's Tamron Hall reports. (TODAY)

Talk about early recruiting: At only 9 years old, Brittany Schreiber already had a dream of one day working for the TODAY show. Now her dream has come true: She is the fourth hour researcher, working closely with Kathie Lee, Hoda and Sara, and an "indispensable" part of the team. (TODAY)

A statement has been released by "witness 9," an unidentified person who's told authorities that George Zimmerman may be racially biased. NBC's Janet Shamlian has the details. (msnbc)

TODAY's Willard Scott sends birthday wishes to special TODAY viewers. (TODAY)

A brave little girl is being hailed for her courage and composure after she escaped from a man who kidnapped her and managed to summon police, who took a suspect into custody. Following a report by NBC's George Lewis, former FBI profiler Clint van Zandt talks about the case. (TODAY)

TODAY's Willard Scott sends birthday wishes to special TODAY viewers. (TODAY)