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<p>WASHINGTON — Rep. Don Sherwood (search), R-Pa., admitted in court papers filed Thursday that he had an affair with a Maryland woman for five years, but he denied abusing her, as she claimed in a $5.5 million civil suit.</p> <p>The court papers were filed by Sherwood in response to the lawsuit filed last month by Cynthia Ore (search), 29, of Rockville, Md. In it, she alleges that he assaulted and struck her on several occasions.</p>

Jude Law publicly apologized to his fiancee, actress Sienna Miller, expressing his "sincere regret" over an affair with one of his children's nanny. "Following the reports in today's papers, I just want to say I am deeply ashamed and upset that I've hurt Sienna and the people most close to us," the 32-year-old actor said in a statement Monday to the British Press Association. "I want to publicly apologize to Sienna and our respective families for the pain that I have caused," said Law, star of "Alfie" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" films. The publicity firm that represents Miller told...