Times Square shredder offers good riddance to 2009

NEW YORK: Want to forget 2009? Shred it.

Scores of New Yorkers and tourists seeking a fresh start in 2010 came to Times Square on Monday to put their bad memories through the shredder at the third annual Good Riddance Day.

Ben Winnick, of Connecticut, shredded a newspaper story about the New York Giants' 41-9 loss on Sunday to the Carolina Panthers, which ended the Giants' playoff hopes. "Hopefully, next season will be better," he said.