Flour power

    Philadelphia’s House of Corrections was evacuated this morning after a suspicious substance arrived in the mail. The culprit? Cake mix.

     

    Only the administration building was empty, the Inquirer reports, and inmates at the adjacent facility remained inside.

    No word on what flavor the cake mix was.

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