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Justice in the Shadows | Secret prisoners

Out of sight, detainees struggle to be heard

With constitutional rights lacking, even for those with no record of crime, immigrants languish, pawns in a law enforcement system that is defined by secrecy.

Death of a detainee

One woman’s medical tragedy highlights the plight of thousands neglected in immigration system jails.

Dan Shaughnessy

Texans have no chance against the Patriots

The Texans are an overrated, unproven house of cards, waiting for their dope slap of reality at Gillette Stadium.

Chinese company wins bid for A123 Systems

The Waltham battery maker plans to sell nearly all its assets to the North American unit of a Chinese auto parts maker for $256.6 million, pending federal approval.

Braille typewriters get a digital-era update

The Smart Brailler has a computer screen and a text-to-speech feature to help the blind master a tool they may need to find a job.

Casino rivals take pitches to Springfield

Developers MGM Resorts International and Penn National Gaming will face Springfield residents Tuesday, the city’s next step in evaluating casino proposals.

Mass. lags on pay for women in the US

Despite the state’s historic leadership on pay equity, the gap between men’s and women’s salaries here is now among the biggest in the country.

Hopes rise for a deal on tax rates

More Republicans are imagining what an agreement that includes tax hikes on the wealthy might look like, rather than digging in against any rate increase.

Don’t split siblings by school, say Boston parents

Some parents, worried that changes to the way Boston assigns students to schools could split apart siblings, are pushing for a policy that would keep families together.

Marilyn Riseman has rubbed elbows with the connected since her youth.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Marilyn Riseman central to Boston’s chic society

No matter where she goes, the 85-year-old commands attention from fellow tastemakers, many of them a fraction of her age.

Heads of 4 colleges had sizable 2010 pay hikes

Presidents at Bentley, Curry, Endicott, and Hampshire College all received compensation increases of at least 24 percent, a national survey showed.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor left over 2,400 dead, 68 of them civilians, after waves of Japanese carrier-based fighters and bombers turned the naval base in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor into an inferno.