LOS ANGELES, Oct 10, 2007 (AFP) - Actress Michelle Rodriguez was slapped with a 180-day prison sentence by a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday for probation violation in a hit-and-run case, justice officials told AFP.

The 29-year-old Texas-born star, most famous for her role in hit US television drama 'Lost,' must report to jail to begin her sentence by December 24, the Los Angeles city attorney's office said.

Rodriguez was given the jail term after it emerged she had failed to carry out community service she had been ordered to undertake last year.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - Alex Rodriguez belted his 499th career home run here Wednesday, to help lift the New York Yankees to a 7-1 win over Kansas City and move a step closer to the 500 homer plateau.

'This is just a stopoff for him,' Torre said of Rodriguez, who pounded his 35th homer of the season. 'Considering his age, and in a few years he`s going to be going for 600. That`s crazy at his age.'