CNN reports that Gene Cooley has been "awarded $404,000 for libelous internet postings surrounding the death of his fiancee." The Chicago Sun Times says that shortly after the death of Cooley's fiancée, who was shot to death by her ex-husband, "an anonymous poster hiding behind six user names labeled Cooley, among other things, a pervert and a drug user." He lived in a small town, Blairsville, Ga