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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Pension Benefits
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in millions)
Service cost |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 1.2 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | 3.4 |
Interest cost |  | 8.9 |  |  | 9.2 |  |  | 26.5 |  |  | 27.6 |
Expected asset return |  | (8.0 | ) |  | (7.9 | ) |  | (24.0 | ) |  | (23.7 | )
Amortized loss |  | 1.9 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | 3.3 |
Amortized prior service cost |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 10.4 |  |  | $ | 10.6 |
|  | Other Postretirement Benefits
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in millions)
Service cost |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |
Interest cost |  | 3.8 |  |  | 4.3 |  |  | 11.6 |  |  | 12.9 |
Amortized loss |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.3 |
Amortized prior service credit |  | (0.3 | ) |  | (0.8 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | (2.4 | )
Curtailment gain |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (21.8 | ) |  | — |
Settlement |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (5.2 | ) |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost (credit) |  | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | (15.9 | ) |  | $ | 11.4 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21915506&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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