This is A-P News Minute.(Pool)VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WILL MEET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THURSDAY TO BEGIN COMING UP WITH WAYS TO TIGHTEN GUN LAWS. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS ALSO PRESSING LAWMAKERS TO REINSTATE A BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.(AP)AN AP INVESTIGATION FOUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS PUTTING ON SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT AT SUCH RAPID RATES TO BE STATISTICALLY SUSPICIOUS. WHEN COMBINED WITH INTERVIEWS WITH PLAYERS, TESTERS AND EXPERTS, IT CONTRADICTS THE N-C-A-A'S LOW REPORTED RATE OF POSITIVE STEROID TESTS.(AP)MORE FUNERALS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR SOME OF THE 26 CHILDREN AND ADULTS KILLED IN LAST FRIDAY'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSACRE IN NEWTOWN, CONN. (KMTV)OFFICIALS IN PLAINS STATES ARE TELLING MOTORISTS TO STAY OFF ROADS THROUGH NOON THURSDAY, BECAUSE OF THE REGION'S FIRST BIG SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS VISIBILITY MAY BE POOR AND COULD CAUSE DELAYS AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT. ___ ___, The Associated Press with AP News Minute. (****END****)