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HUDSON, MA - Joseph Magno, the former Maynard teacher accused of raping one of his students, was found dead in his home yesterday just hours after appearing in Middlesex Superior Court. "We got word that he died, but we have no information about how," said Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone. Leone, who was informed of Magno's death about 8 last night, said a friend of Magno's found the former teacher dead in his home at 12 Rock Ave. That friend called police after finding Magno, he said. Magno, who taught off and on for more than 40 years at Maynard...

Today's lesson: Don't cross Christian broadcasting. Maynard (Mass.) High School's radio frequency, 91.7 FM, is being seized by a network of Christian broadcasting stations that the Federal Communications Commission has ruled is a better use of the public airwaves. ``People are furious,'' said faculty adviser Joe Magno. Maynard High's WAVM, which has been broadcasting from the school for 35 years, found itself in this David vs. Goliath battle when it applied to increase its transmitter signal from 10 to 250 watts. According to Magno, that ``opens the floodgates for any other station to challenge the station's license and take its...