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From high-fives to high tech, Wilkes holds high school entrepreneur contest

<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Superstitious construction workers have placed a small statue of Philadelphia&#8217;s founder atop the city&#8217;s newest skyscraper in an effort to save the NFL-leading Philadelphia Eagles from a fabled jinx.</p><p>Philly.com reports the William Penn figurine was affixed to the Comcast tower&#8217;s highest beam Monday after builders decided waiting for a topping-off ceremony was too risky.</p><p>Believers in the Curse of Billy Penn say it doomed the city&#8217;s sports teams for decades after the city&#8217;s first skyscraper broke tradition and rose higher than the William Penn statue topping City Hall.</p><p>In 2007, the situation was rectified with a statuette placed atop a taller skyscraper. The next year, the Phillies won the World Series.</p><p>When construction of the new 1,121-foot-tall tower broke the height record, workers were eager to restore Penn to his rightful perch.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><em> &#8212; Associated Press</em></p><style>
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Surging Eagles get hex help from construction crew