Tropical Storm Barry closes in with what could be epic rain

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in from the Gulf of Mexico on Friday with the potential for one of the biggest drenchings Louisiana has ever seen, an epic deluge that could show whether New Orleans learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina over a decade ago.With the steadily strengthening storm expected to blow ashore early Saturday near Morgan City as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, authorities rushed to close floodgates and raise the barriers around the m