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Debt Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt as of December 31 was as follows:
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (In thousands)
3.125% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2014 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 86,416 |
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2015 | — |  |  | 136,465 |
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016 | 197,377 |  |  | 197,377 |
3.375% Senior Convertible Notes due July 2016 | 134 |  |  | 45,119 |
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017 | 295,000 |  |  | 295,000 |
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018 | 250,000 |  |  | 250,000 |
6.5% Senior Notes due April 2019 | — |  |  | 200,000 |
7.0% Senior Notes due May 2019 | — |  |  | 250,000 |
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020 | 200,000 |  |  | 200,000 |
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021 | 150,000 |  |  | 150,000 |
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022 | 425,000 |  |  | 425,000 |
5.375% Senior Notes due May 2024 | 550,000 |  |  | — |
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027 | 200,000 |  |  | 200,000 |
Term Loan due July 2018 | 370,000 |  |  | 600,000 |
Bank credit facility due July 2018 | 235,000 |  |  | 30,000 |
Obligations under capital leases | 181,002 |  |  | 189,697 |
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050 | 4,117 |  |  | 4,752 |
Unamortized (discounts) premiums and other, net | (2,905 | ) |  | 42,084 |
Total debt | 3,054,725 |  |  | 3,301,910 |
Less: |  |  |
Current maturities of debt, capital lease obligations, and mortgage notes | (91,584 | ) |  | (153,738 | )
Current maturities of unamortized discounts (premiums) and other, net | 653 |  |  | (22,624 | )
Total current maturities | (90,931 | ) |  | (176,362 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 2,963,794 |  |  | $ | 3,125,548 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | The aggregate maturities of our debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2014 and thereafter (in thousands) are as follows:
| Aggregate Maturities of Debt
2015 | $ | 90,931 |
2016 | 223,449 |
2017 | 315,414 |
2018 | 858,277 |
2019 | 9,003 |
2020 and thereafter | 1,557,651 |
| $ | 3,054,725 |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Cash interest payments for the three years ended December 31 (in thousands) were as follows:
Payments in 2014 | $ | 175,327 |
Payments in 2013 | $ | 125,022 |
Payments in 2012 | $ | 131,723 |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (In thousands)
Options exercised by attestation | $ | 761 |  |  | $ | 3,004 |  |  | $ | — |
Shares repurchased | (761 | ) |  | $ | (3,004 | ) |  | $ | — |
Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block] | Cash interest payments forecasted as of December 31, 2014 for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2014 and thereafter (in thousands) are as follows:
Payments in 2015 | $ | 154,408 |
Payments in 2016 | $ | 144,134 |
Payments in 2017 | $ | 128,986 |
Payments in 2018 | $ | 114,305 |
Payments in 2019 | $ | 96,830 |
Payments in 2020 and thereafter | $ | 324,075 |

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