watermelons

Police and Clackamas County sheriff's detectives say two men stole 17 pallets of watermelon — about five tons — from WinCo stores in Beaverton and Tigard early on June 7. The watermelons had been left outside for sale. The Oregonian reports surveillance video helped investigators identify two suspects — William Traverso of Canby and Brad Taylor of Molalla...

Gallagher, the watermelon smashing, big grinning comedian, is slowly being brought out of a medically induced coma following a heart attack.

Gallagher, the prop comic whose watermelon smashing antics made him one of the most popular acts of the ’80s, was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack Wednesday.