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Debt Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Debt as of December 31 was as follows:
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (In thousands)
6.75% Senior Notes due April 2016 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 197,377 |
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017 | 295,000 |  |  | 295,000 |
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018 | 250,000 |  |  | 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 | 850,000 |  |  | 550,000 |
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027 | 200,000 |  |  | 200,000 |
Term Loan due July 2018 | 310,000 |  |  | 370,000 |
Bank Credit Facility due July 2018 | 270,000 |  |  | 235,000 |
Obligations under capital leases | 204,246 |  |  | 181,002 |
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050 | 4,037 |  |  | 4,251 |
Unamortized premiums (discounts) and other, net | 8,636 |  |  | (2,905 | )
Total debt | 3,166,919 |  |  | 3,054,725 |
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt | (95,181 | ) |  | (90,931 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 3,071,738 |  |  | $ | 2,963,794 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | The aggregate maturities of our debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2015 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
2016 | $ | 95,181 |
2017 | 437,575 |
2018 | 727,315 |
2019 | 16,695 |
2020 | 225,364 |
2021 and thereafter | 1,664,789 |
| $ | 3,166,919 |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Cash interest payments for the three years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):
Payments in 2015 | $ | 164,748 |
Payments in 2014 | $ | 175,327 |
Payments in 2013 | $ | 125,022 |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (In thousands)
Net change in capital expenditure accrual | $ | 5,571 |  |  | $ | 1,022 |  |  | $ | — |
Options exercised by attestation | $ | 122 |  |  | $ | 761 |  |  | $ | 3,004 |
Shares repurchased | $ | (122 | ) |  | $ | (761 | ) |  | $ | (3,004 | )
Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block] | ash interest payments for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2015 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
Payments in 2016 | $ | 161,896 |
Payments in 2017 | $ | 150,012 |
Payments in 2018 | $ | 128,239 |
Payments in 2019 | $ | 106,210 |
Payments in 2020 | $ | 104,706 |
Payments in 2021 and thereafter | $ | 291,116 |

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