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Manning breaks record for touchdown passes D1 May Sun mixing with high ckxids and cold High: 38 Low: 21 totals: B2 CLOSER LOOK1 Dealing with little emergencies El 50 cents December 2 2004 Football great Reggie White dies at 43 L' dt several years that affected his sleep Nicknamed of while a star player at the University oflfennessee White died at Presbyterian Hospital where he was taken after his wife called paramedics An autopsy is planned "Today our beloved husband father and friend passed away" wife Sara said in a statement family appreciates your thoughts and prayers as we mourn the loss See WHITE on A7 Former UT cause of death unknown Stiff and wire reports Reggie White considered to be one of the greatest defensive linemen in college or professional football died early Sunday in Ccnv oelhis NjC He was 43L The cause of death was not immediately known but a family spokesman said White had suffered from a respiratory ailment for never been a better one He could turn a football game around like no one Johnny Majors Reggie coach at the University of Tennessee White 1 MILES CARVNEWS SENTINEL David Borden construction manager with Voikert and Associates uses a large-scale drawing to talk about upcoming construction on Intestate 4C75 in West Knoxville Interstate project shifts into high gear Inconveniences from construction to heat up along with weather IV DON JACOBS JacoteaAncwuom Brace yourself Knoxville If you thought the construction project od Interstate AQfiS in West Knoxville has been inconvenient you haven't seen anything yet When the effort to widen I-4C75 from Papennill Drive to GaUaher View Road began in January 2003 the fouryear long project was the most expensive road contract ever awarded by die state A project since begun in Nashville now has darmed that title But with such a large project come large headaches for motorists The real pain road officials say is just a few months away "We still have several lane shifts to do before we complete the said David Borden construction manager with Volkert and Associates Inc which serves as a consultant on the project In the spring Borden said westbound traffic on I-44V75 will be shifted onto the newly paved collector road that offers drivers an opportunity to exit at Weisgarber Road See INTERSTATE on A7 $624 million Amount of construction costs for the Interstate 4075 widening project $306 million Total right-of-way costs 57 percent Work completed to date 36 Number of houses and businesses relocated because of the project 36 miles Length of the project 9 Number of new bridges built during the project KARIM KHAMZHMSSOCIATED PRESS A street is Ktterad with damaged vehicles and debris after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket Thailand on Sunday The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed coastlines across Asia Source Tanrmtac Depat-mint of Transportation DEATH TOLL ESTIMATES Andaman "BandaSei Ach 50 rn sotACEH Indian 60905 4590 in areas controlled by the government and about 1500 in regions controlled by rebels leveled bodies left wedged in trees by walls of water 23004 Tamil Nadu in Thailand mostly in southern islands packed with holiday revelers 42 in Malaysia in the Maldives a string of islands off the coast of India BY Dt GANGULY Ascociitad Pract GOUNBO Sri lanka An earthquake of epic power struck beneath the Indian Ocean on Sunday unleashing walls of water that came crashing down on in Asian countries across thousands of miles seaside resorts and villages and leaving at least 13300 dead in their wake The death toll along the southern coast of Asia and as far west as Somalia on the African coast where nine people were reported lort was certain to increase as au-thorities sorted out a far-flung disaster caused by the SUHnag-nitude earthquake the strongest anywhere on Earth in 40 years and fourth-largest in a century The earthquake hit at 6e58 am the tsunami came as much as 2V4 hours later without warning on a Ocean IJVIETNAM 0 IjSSa 0 600 km TTPHIUPPIMES Pacific JmalavsiaJ- V- SumatiA Indian Ocean Source: ESRIiUSGS Iraqi native engineers 1-4075 retaining wall IT MN JACOBS Jacobs nfcnewfccom Saieb heart swells a tad when he drives past the concrete wall along Interstate 4C7S near the Winston Road bridge The Iraqi-born Haddad has good reason to be proud of the 30-foot-tall wall that is reminiscent of a TVA dam The structure is his brainchild and represents a new concept in retaining walls The concept also saved the state millions of dollars Haddad was honored last year for his idea with a resolution in the state Legislature and a $6000 suggestion award Under die award program a state worker is entitled to 10 percent of the savings the idea gen-erates in the first year or whichever is less "That day for me was special" said Haddad who became a US citizen in 1995 a guy who came from Saddam's system and could do this I felt the democracy" Widening I-4C75 between Papermill Drive and Gal-laher View Road presented planners with an expensive problem when designing a new West Hills 9 in Somalia nearly mites from epicenter 3 Americans two in Sri Lanka one in Thailand morning of crystal blue sides Sunbathers and snorkders can and cottages fishing boats and even a lighthouse were swept away ASSOCIATED PRESS An unidentified mother cries near the bodies of her daughters who died in tidal waves at Kanyakumari in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu Sunday after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record See QUAKE on A8 See WALL on A7 Source: AfsocMed Piw 7 9377lr1003G Inside: Business Cl Comics 18 1 Crossword E9 1 Editorials 14 1 Georgiana Vines B1 1 Health El Local B1 1 Movies Efi Obituaries Bfi Science C4 1 Sports D1 1 TV 17 i -r i.