During the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – one could expect to get more than one's hair cut by the barber. The line between haircutter and medic was blurred, ...

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 in ...

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 in ...

And today's last word in business is: barbershop battle. Barbers and beauticians are splitting hairs over the swirling red, white and blue striped pole that traditionally stands outside a barber shop.

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 ...

Barber Pole No. 34,889 has seen better days. After spending more than 40 years in front of Twin Cities barbershops, its red-white-and-blue-striped cylinder is sun-faded and in pieces inside its glass ...

and owner of a beauty parlor. “They’re making a mountain out of a molehill.” As the story goes, the red on the pole signifies blood, the white stands for bandages and the blue represents veins. The ...