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Debt (Schedule of Interest Expense, Net) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |
Contractual and other interest expense | [1] | $ 11,300 |  | $ 11,300 | $ 34,300 | $ 31,600
Accretion of senior convertible note discount |  | 0 |  | 600 | 0 | 3,400
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  | 700 |  | 800 | 2,000 | 2,700
Total interest expense |  | 12,000 |  | 12,700 | 36,300 | 37,700
Interest income |  | 0 |  | (100) | (500) | (100)
Interest expense, net |  | $ 11,964 |  | $ 12,643 | 35,845 | $ 37,595
Interest Expense [Member] | Financing Receivable [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-recourse financing arrangement, discount charge |  |  |  |  | $ 1,100 |
Interest Expense [Member] | Senior Notes [Member] | 4.875% Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, payments for consent fee, solicitation agent |  |  | $ 800 |  |  |
[1] | Contractual and other interest expense for the nine month period ended September 30, 2015 includes $0.8 million of consent solicitation agent fees that were incurred in the second quarter of 2015 related to the delay in filing of the Company’s 2014 Form 10-K and its First Quarter 2015 Form 10-Q, as well as $1.1 million of discount fees related to financing arrangements.

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