Drain troubles
 

"[LEWISTON, Maine] -- A large, mysterious blob has taken over a major sewer
line in the city of Lewiston, leaving public works crews stumped as to how
to budge it."

"Blob" is evidently some sort of engineering term for "stuff."

With pic:
http://www.wmtw.com/news/15130441/de...port&psp=news#