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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Components of Interest Expense and Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs | The components of interest expense and amortization of deferred financing costs are as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Interest expense on debt obligations | $ | 404,644 |  |  | $ | 404,815 |  |  | $ | 384,525 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 15,086 |  |  | 15,397 |  |  | 26,953 |
Amortization of discounts on long-term debt | 16,090 |  |  | 14,481 |  |  | 12,219 |
Amortization of interest rate swaps | 71,707 |  |  | 54,169 |  |  | 18,818 |
Other, net of capitalized interest | 60 |  |  | 1,407 |  |  | 3,367 |
Total | $ | 507,587 |  |  | $ | 490,269 |  |  | $ | 445,882 |
Reconciliation of the Numerators and Denominators of the Basic and Diluted Per Share Computations | A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per share computations is as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Net income (loss) attributable to CCIC stockholders | $ | 171,077 |  |  | $ | (310,940 | ) |  | $ | (114,332 | )
Dividends on preferred stock and losses on purchases of preferred stock | (22,940 | ) |  | (20,806 | ) |  | (20,806 | )
Net income (loss) attributable to CCIC common stockholders after deduction of dividends on preferred stock and losses on purchases of preferred stock | $ | 148,137 |  |  | $ | (331,746 | ) |  | $ | (135,138 | )
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding (in thousands): |  |  |  |  |
Basic weighted-average number of common stock outstanding | 283,821 |  |  | 286,764 |  |  | 286,622 |
Effect of assumed dilution from potential common shares relating to stock options and restricted stock awards | 2,126 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding | 285,947 |  |  | 286,764 |  |  | 286,622 |
Net income (loss) attributable to CCIC common stockholders, after deduction of dividends on preferred stock, per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic | $ | 0.52 |  |  | $ | (1.16 | ) |  | $ | (0.47 | )
Diluted | $ | 0.52 |  |  | $ | (1.16 | ) |  | $ | (0.47 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share (or per-unit) computations for income from continuing operations, including the effect that has been given to preferred dividends. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (a) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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