LAS VEGAS Country music duo Brooks and Dunn said today they have a two-year contract to perform at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.

George Maloof Jr. steps out into the hallway from a raucous party where his luxurious Sky Villas have just been opened to the public.

ValCom Inc., a Las Vegas-based entertainment production company, welcomed the new Las Vegas production "The Phantom of the Opera" to their state-of-the-art staging and production facility for pre-production rehearsals before the shows opened at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino.

The spectacular all-new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's worldwide musical phenomenon "The Phantom of the Opera" is set to open June of 2006 as a permanent theatrical installation on the Las Vegas Strip. "The Phantom of the Opera" held pre-production rehearsals for the two months at ValCom Inc. studios to rehearse the staging and production of the highly anticipated show.

This year at the JCK Show - Las Vegas show, the Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) will host the largest Israel Diamond Pavilion ever, with 34 Israeli manufacturers and exporters exhibiting. In addition 32 Israeli companies will be exhibiting throughout the show. In 2005, the U.S. accounted for two-thirds of Israel's total polished diamond exports, which reached $6.3 billion.

Home sellers in the Las Vegas Valley used to double-digit appreciation rates on their homes may have to wait longer or even accept sub-par offers this year as a record number of resale houses were on the market in April, real estate agents said.