Business; Barbers, beauticians get snippy over striped poles . Updated: ; Mar. 14, 2012, 6:27 p.m. | Published: ; Mar. 14, 2012, 5:27 p.m.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol - that red, white and blue pole - and it may be time to hide the scissors. Steeped ...

Barbers have not always been tasked only with haircuts and beard-trims; in fact, being a barber during the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – meant being ...

You might soon only see those iconic candy-striped barber poles in front of licensed barber shops if a bill is the state Senate becomes law. The bill, filed Dec. 12 by Democratic state Sen. Glenn R… ...

Friendly arguments aren’t hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol — that red, white and blue pole — and it may be time to hide the scissors.

Just left of the door, wires protruded from the spot where the red, white and blue striped barber pole had been the day before, rotating as usual. Sleister, 55, called shop owner Joseph Navarra ...

Instead, these stripes invariably appear to move vertically along the aperture’s long axis (as in the barber pole). Why? One reason may be that there is an additional factor at work in this case.

Steeped in history and symbolism, the barber pole is an increasing source of friction between barbers and beauticians. Minnesota, Michigan and North Carolina are the latest fronts in a spreading ...

Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol — that red, white and blue pole — and it may be time to hide the scissors.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol — that red, white and blue pole — and it may be time to hide the scissors.

Friendly arguments aren't hard to find in a barbershop, but try cutting in on a hallowed symbol — that red, white and blue pole — and it may be time to hide the scissors.