1.   Another complaint was the constantly rising toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

2.   Boat and car accidents are also taking a rising toll on people, as well, officials say.

3.   Despite the rising toll, former President Boris Yeltsin said Thursday that he was convinced that Russian forces would soon triumph.

4.   Despite the rising toll, the serial killer is still at large, free to continue the murderous rampage.

5.   A symbolic funeral procession is held Saturday to highlight the rising toll of U.N. sanctions.

6.   As the Health Ministry announced the rising toll, efforts continued to trace visitors to the flower show and to establish the source of the outbreak.

7.   As the Health Ministry announced the rising toll, efforts continued to trace visitors to the flower show and to establish the exact source of the outbreak.

8.   Floodwaters throughout the region, including the raging Po River, have ebbed, emptying into the Adriatic and revealing a rising toll of damage.

9.   Governments should lift tough restrictions on nicotine substitutes to reduce the rising toll of deaths among smokers, international experts said Wednesday.

10.   Israel mourned its dead Monday, burying mostly young soldiers in consecutive funerals where grief mingled with anger at the rising toll from suicide bombings by Islamic extremists.