Female students in the Chinese city of Xiamen are reported to be eating roundworm eggs in an attempt to shed pounds and look skinny when appearing for job interviews.

Carlos Alberto, member of the football team Vasco da Gama of Brazil, pulled down the shorts of the assistant referee because the 26-year-old attacking midfielder didn’t like the call.

The Sooners ended a five-game BCS bowl losing streak with a 48-20 win over the Huskies in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Saturday night.

Third-ranked TCU needed a late defensive stop to beat No. 4 Wisconsin 21-19 on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.

The 122nd Tournament of Roses Parade, a festival of flower-covered floats and marching bands, is scheduled for Saturday, New Year’s Day. For the first time, the annual Rose Parade will include a presidential-themed float. It’s in honor of former president Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday, who served as California’s governor from 1967–1975.

From all of us here at Daily Contributor, we would like to greet you a very Happy New Year!

There are five hundred “space artifacts” set for auction this January including Buzz Aldrin’s vacuum-sealed beef pot roast dinner set from his space exploration years.

It’s the biggest public celebration in America, but Times Square isn’t the only place that throws an awesome New Year’s Eve bash. In Paris, the French will transform the Eiffel Tower into a multicolored light show. Thousands of revelers will also cram the mighty Champs-Elysees, watching fireworks and drinking from their Champagne flutes.

Frankie Edgar will try to start the New Year with a bang and a win that could cement his reputation as the top lightweight in the UFC when he stakes his title against Gray Maynard in UFC 125: Resolution on January 1, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

If you can’t get to The Great White Way, live streaming of the year-end festivities are available on several websites such as TimesSquareNYC.org, Livestream.com/2011, TimesSquareBall.net and EarthCam.