It seems no one is particularly sad to bid 2009 adieu, after the financial crisis, terror threats and swine flu took their toll, but we found some creative ways to say goodbye and some exciting ways to look ahead to 2010.

NPR’s Morning Edition reports on a shredder stationed in New York’s Times Square, where tomorrow night the ball will drop us into 2010, but today an industrial-sized shredder lets people say “good riddance.”

NewsTrust ranks the best journalism of 2009, including well-reported financial stories like a PBS NewsHour piece on health insurance in the Netherlands, and lighter takes on seminal moments of 2009, like Jon Stewart’s slamming of CNBC.

Nightly Business Report shares ideas on the best careers for the next decade. How about becoming a patient advocate or an immigration specialist?

Columnist Anne Applebaum shares her predictions about the Iran elections and Mideast politics in 2010 on PRI’s The World, and how they may affect change in the U.S.,

On a brighter note, how about some bubbly from California to toast the New Year? Wine producers in northern California are seeing a surge just in time to ring in 2010, KQED reports.