If your doorman or hair stylist look a little grumpy today, it may because they just found out that in lieu of the cash they normally receive from you for Christmas, they're going to be getting a jar of homemade jam instead. According to a new poll, 26 percent of Americans say they planned to spend less on tips than they did last year, although some said they planned to make up the difference (or try to, at least!) by distributing homemade gifts and foodstuffs. [Consumer Reports, Reuters]

To hear Yelp reviewer "Sean C." tell it, San Francisco's Ocean Avenue Books really didn't appreciate his pan of the "TOTAL MESS" of a store: The owner somehow found his home, he said, and tried to force her way in.

Get ready, because every afternoon we'll start you off with a daily Retro Jam. Featured today is Herbie Hancock's "Rockit," so get ready to turn up your speakers and well, rock it!

Are you quivering with anticipation about how much Bloomberg's margin of victory will be? Whether moderate Republicans have been banished from Northeast New York? Whether Maine's letting gays marry? Oh good because Peter Feld's hosting an election-night live blog tonight.

You may remember Peter as the man behind last year's Gawker Decision Desk. Election Night 2009 doesn't hold quite the same promise of jubilant street celebrations, but there will be plenty to discuss. So, please stop by around 8pm when polls begin to close. In the meantime, for those of you actually bothering to vote, here's Peter's rebuttal to yesterday's Gawker Endorsement: Don't Vote for Bloomberg in which he gives you ten reasons to return a billionaire to City Hall.

America is prepared to sacrifice its own children in order to win the War on Fat, with the help of Jesus, and The Government.

Bernie Kerik is no longer crazy, apparently. After displaying behavior that "put him at risk" and spending 10 days in a psychiatric facility, New York's former police commissioner was allowed to return to a regular prison cell at the Westchester County Jail yesterday.

Last week, designer Diane von Furstenberg took to Twitter to announce she'd been robbed in Madrid. It turns out she wasn't robbed exactly. "I got pickpocketed. No one attacked me," she clarified to a reporter at the ACE Awards last night. And don't be surprised if she soon abandons Twitter. "I don't want to give a bad rap to Madrid, but it was annoying, and I had the stupid idea of tweeting it, and then the whole world knew about it." [NYM, previously]

Looks like has-bian Lindsay Lohan has made the switch again—this time for a famous man. Also are Jude and Sienna back together? Is Mischa back on the sauce? Is Piven growing man boobs? Questions answered in Tuesday's gossip.

The new head of the National Endowment for the Arts says that he'd like to explore government funding for hip hop culture, including rap and graffiti. Whoa, whoa. Does he know about the hoes?

We set off on a mission to discover the most offensive video on YouTube that doesn't break their Terms of Service and this is what we found. Welcome to the Retarded Mosh Pit.

On election night, Sarah Palin threatened to "go rogue" by delivering a speech someone else wrote for her, but John McCain refused so she didn't. Now you can read the addresses — both concession and victory — she would've given.

David Bowie walking in SoHo ... Jude Law playing soccer with his kids downtown ... Halle Berry arriving at her hotel in Midtown ... Helena Christensen shopping in the meatpacking district with boyfriend Paul Banks ... Natalie Portman going to lunch with a friend ... Rihanna walking downtown ... Sienna Miller arriving for a matinee performance of After Miss Julie ... Hugh Jackman playing with his kids at the park ... Carlos Leon and daughter Lourdes hanging out in SoHo ... Michelle Williams walking around ... Josh Brolin leaving his hotel ... model Kara Young walking with her son downtown ... Carrie Underwood walking in Midtown ... and Fergie catching a flight at LaGuardia.

[Can gay actor Ian McKellen and straight playboy Jude Law really be checking out the same thing at the Only Make Believe 10th Anniversary after-party at Sardi's last night? Image via Getty]

An unidentified male was found dead in NYU's Bobst Library this morning. NYU has an unfortunately well-earned reputation as a hub of student suicides: Six in 2004, five in 2005. UPDATE: Letter from NYU President confirming suicide, below. [WSN]

All the famous men in Hollywood are getting dumped on, two have been thrown out by their women, and a third is called an idiot by his girlfriend, who still wants his baby. And they call them leading men...

Gawker.TV Crew: Mike Byhoff, (left) Richard Blakeley (center) and Whitney Jefferson (right) shot by Diana Levine at Gawker HQ in SoHo.

Media jobs used to be cushy; nowadays, you can't even land a media job, and if you do, it sucks. But six-figure journalism salaries still exist! As do terrible, fly-by-night hellholes (Billboard). We've found the best and the worst.

Another reason not to vote today courtesy of NY1's John Schiumo: You run the risk of waking up a poll worker enjoying a relaxing nap. You wouldn't want to do that, would you? [Twitter]

Every morning we'll give you something to start your day off right. First up is this adorable video of a puppy who's fallen and can't get up. Get your awww's ready:

Yesterday, 68 year-old Washington Post editor Henry Allen (pictured!) hauled off and popped staff writer Manuel Roig-Franzia right in his grill, like BLAM! The Washington City Paper now has all the details, and we are prepared to make a ruling.