in addition to all that wet weather out west, look at up to 3 feet of snow in the cascades and the sierra range. the rockies will see about a foot of snow from northern utah to montana. showers around dallas. and a bit milder in the midwest. 29 in the twin cities. 28 in chicago. 38 in kansas city. mostly 30s in the northeast. a wet 45 in seattle. 42 in salt lake city. 51 in sacramento. this morning the state department confirms one of the possible targets of a terror plot in britain was the u.s. embassy in london. nine suspects were rounded up in a raid last week and appeared in court yesterday. the bbc s jon brain has more. reporter: the nine men were brought to westminster magistrates court after a week of questioning by counterterrorism officers. the two suspects arrested in london were the first to appear in the dock. followed by three men from cardiff and four from stoke-on-trent. they spoke only to confirm their names, ages and addresses. the men were seized in coordinated
conspiracy to cause explosions and engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism. the court was told they re accused of agreeing potential targets for attack, carrying out reconnaissance on those targets, and igniting and testing incendiary material. it s alleged the london stock exchange was one of the high-profile locations the gang planned to attack. the american embassy was another. the suspects are also charged with possessing documents containing information likely to be of use to terrorists. in the form of this extremist jihadi newsletter. the nine men who appeared here were arrested. they ve all been remanded to custody. they ll appear at the old bailey in the new year. jon brain, bbc news, westminster magistrates court. a lawsuit in florida over a winning lottery prize could make you think twice about chipping in to buy tickets as part of a
and give thousands of people a new lease on life. here s the bbc s jon brain. reporter: it s an illness which blights the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and saps the resources of the national health service. the prognosis for people suffering from heart failure is worse than from many cancers. but could a small, relatively cheap pill that s already on the market be the answer? ivabradine costs 1.5 pounds a day and is used to treat patients with angina. in a trial across 37 countries, it was given to heart failure patients as well. many reported a huge improvement. since having treatments, and at the present moment i feel really very well. i m very active, very positive. i m enjoying life. i m rediscovering all sorts of things that i sort of stopped being interested in a very long
stress is put on the organ. it also appears to have fewer side effects than existing heart drugs. experts in the uk have welcomed the research but are counseling caution. i think any new drug needs to be managed and introduced cautiously. it s not for everybody. the trial was particularly in people who had a high heart rate. the feature about this drug is it lowers your heart rate so you wouldn t want to give it to someone who has a low heart rate already. reporter: the fact that it has already been licensed means it could be available to patients with heart failure relatively quickly. but whether it is a real medical breakthrough will take much longer to establish. jon brain, bbc news. okay, you can make sure and follow us on the skinny. we also have the papers on our own page. that s right, on our facebook, 19,000 fans and counting. again, you can find the skinny