SEATTLE - An item that can fetch a lot of money in pawnshops has become the object of a series of thefts in Seattle. No, it's not laptops, iPods or stereos. It's barber poles. Three barber shops in ...

Barber shops don't exactly have a hard time standing out on the streetscape, and it's largely thanks to the mesmerizing poles that spin just outside of their door fronts. But where'd that barber pole ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—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 ...

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.

LAKE OSWEGO -- Tyler Atkinson, who has run the venerable Country Square Barber Shop for the past two years, came to work today to his classic red-white-and-blue barber pole ripped from the outside ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — 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.

An item that can fetch a lot of money in pawn shops has become the object of a series of thefts in Seattle. No, it’s not laptops, iPods or stereos. It’s barber poles. Three barber shops in Ballard and ...

What's red, white and blue, and has spun its way into controversy? It's the barber pole. The pole sometimes rotates outside the shops of cosmetologists or hair stylists who don't employ barbers.

As I talked to Clarence Frett of Marion, who at 88 has decided to retire from cutting hair after 66 years at the barber chair (see today's Ramblin' column in The Gazette), I couldn't help but reflect ...

Can hair stylists display a barber pole outside their businesses? Many barbers say not if a barber doesn't work there and argue it should be... Battle Over Barber Poles Spins In Minnesota What's red, ...