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Should a 25% Tip Be Standard at High-End Restaurants?

A mysteriously sourced story is creating buzz that San Francisco servers want to make a 25% tip mandatory. While the talk is thus far unsubstantiated, the question remains: Should a tip ever be automatic?

Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett (L) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates wait questions at a joint news conference in Beijing September 30, 2010.

Reading While Eating for September 30: Jerry Stiller, Jimmy Fallon and Jersey Shore

Thursday’s links are good tippers, bad inventors and rap historians.