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Income Taxes (Tables) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract] |  |  |
Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes | Income before income taxes is categorized geographically as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (In thousands)
United States | $ | 248,932 |  |  | $ | 270,373 |  |  | $ | 250,041 |
Foreign | 238,718 |  |  | 212,938 |  |  | 206,730 |
Total income before income taxes | $ | 487,650 |  |  | $ | 483,311 |  |  | $ | 456,771 |
Components Of Provision For Income Taxes | The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (In thousands)
Current (expense) benefit: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | (13,601 | ) |  | $ | (4,643 | ) |  | $ | (1,104 | )
State | (156 | ) |  | 14 |  |  | (8,150 | )
Foreign, including withholding tax | (17,241 | ) |  | (69,614 | ) |  | (13,613 | )
| (30,998 | ) |  | (74,243 | ) |  | (22,867 | )
Deferred (expense) benefit: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (65,168 | ) |  | (76,614 | ) |  | 53,629 |
State | (15,767 | ) |  | (15,402 | ) |  | 66,701 |
Foreign | (481 | ) |  | 38,208 |  |  | (9,784 | )
| (81,416 | ) |  | (53,808 | ) |  | 110,546 |
Total income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (112,414 | ) |  | $ | (128,051 | ) |  | $ | 87,679 |
Reconciliation Of Income Tax At Effective Income Tax Rate | The difference between income tax (expense) benefit and the amount resulting from applying the federal statutory rate of 35% to Income before income taxes is attributable to the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (In thousands)
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate | $ | (170,677 | ) |  | $ | (169,159 | ) |  | $ | (159,870 | )
State taxes, net of federal benefit | (9,616 | ) |  | (11,308 | ) |  | (13,821 | )
Differences between statutory rate and foreign effective tax rate | 66,238 |  |  | 57,876 |  |  | 51,016 |
Reorganization of certain non-U.S. operations | — |  |  | (14,474 | ) |  | — |
Tax (expense) benefit from worthless stock deduction | — |  |  | (14,497 | ) |  | 1,717,466 |
Change in valuation allowance | (434 | ) |  | 41,700 |  |  | (1,195,303 | )
Repatriation of foreign earnings | — |  |  | 4,164 |  |  | (167,115 | )
Accrual for uncertain tax positions | (706 | ) |  | (22,719 | ) |  | (140,596 | )
Other | 2,781 |  |  | 366 |  |  | (4,098 | )
Total income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (112,414 | ) |  | $ | (128,051 | ) |  | $ | 87,679 |
Summary Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities | The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
| As of December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ | 56,108 |  |  | $ | 61,059 |
Deductible goodwill and intangible assets | 21,044 |  |  | 34,586 |
Tax credit carryforwards | 86,951 |  |  | 100,190 |
Deferred revenue, accruals and reserves | 106,572 |  |  | 103,794 |
Capital loss carryforwards and book impairment of investments | 1,162,320 |  |  | 1,161,896 |
Other | 5,039 |  |  | 4,956 |
Total deferred tax assets | 1,438,034 |  |  | 1,466,481 |
Valuation allowance | (1,162,604 | ) |  | (1,162,170 | )
Net deferred tax assets | 275,430 |  |  | 304,311 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Property and equipment | (10,787 | ) |  | (16,115 | )
Subordinated Convertible debentures | (538,098 | ) |  | (494,625 | )
Other | (3,378 | ) |  | (4,151 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities | (552,263 | ) |  | (514,891 | )
Total net deferred tax liabilities | $ | (276,833 | ) |  | $ | (210,580 | )
Reconciliation Of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
| As of December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1 | $ | 219,908 |  |  | $ | 197,189 |
Increases in tax positions for prior years | — |  |  | 22,538 |
Increases in tax positions for current year | 372 |  |  | 181 |
Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31 | $ | 220,280 |  |  | $ | 219,908 |
contingent interest payment for debenture | $ (10,759) | $ 0 | $ 0

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