D.C. Clips Bar's Tuesday Night 'Buzz Cuts'

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 03/20/2008 - 7:18am

People have been gathering at a bar in the nation's capital to take advantage of a Tuesday night promotion: get a haircut, along with a shot of whiskey, for $12.

Then the promotion ended -- not because the haircuts were bad, but because city officials cracked down. They say the bar didn't have a permit -- for haircuts.

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