• Names & Faces:Rep. Sherwood (R-Pa.) sued for millions by mistress claiming multiple "unprovoked and vicious" attacks; he denies misconduct. . . Nancy Reagan was taken to a London hospital after fall; no injuries sustained. [WP]

• Inside the Beltway:McClellan refers to Clinton as "my friend." [WT]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown:Nader rebuked from Sharpton for using the word nigger; Harold Ickes: "I think it's not a word that whites can use." [NYDN]