From the Wires

Telegraph: Smartphones have outsold basic mobile phones, known as feature phones, globally for the first time.

Reuters: Two former JPMorgan Chase & Co employees are facing criminal charges related to the trading scandal that cost the bank $6.2 billion last year.

BBC: Egypt has declared a month-long state of emergency after scores of people were killed when security forces stormed protest camps in Cairo.

Globe and Mail: Canada’s refugee board will favor claims of persecution by gay Russian asylum-seekers.

Salon.com: Time spent on gadgets could be hampering kids’ ability to connect to each other and the “real” world.

BBC: A Brazilian mechanic has come up with a way of illuminating his house during the day without electricity – using plastic bottles filled with water and a tiny bit of bleach.

US News: A Tennessee judge ruled that a mother must change her son’s name from “Messiah” out of respect for Jesus Christ.

BBC:Bribes are routinely paid by major foreign pharmaceutical firms operating in China.

CNN.com: The nation’s hottest downtown is in America’s most troubled city — bankrupt Detroit.

CBS: A growing number of restaurants are banning children during peak hours.