Participants came from Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and other cities throughout the state.

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The area includes Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio, and parts of Shreveport, says HLN Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen.

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Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas and San Antonio are all up-and-coming hubs for niche industries like telecom and bioscience.

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Ayub Ali Khan and Mohamed Jaweed Azmath, Indian immigrants who lived in Jersey City, are material witnesses to the September 11 attacks who have been in custody since September 12, when they were arrested outside Fort Worth, Texas, on an Amtrak train en route to San Antonio, Texas.

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