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DEBT Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 29, 2012
DEBT [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block] | Long-term debt consists of the following:
|  | April 29, 2012 |  | May 1, 2011
|  | (in millions)
10% senior secured notes, due July 2014, including unamortized discounts of $7.0 million and $11.2 million |  | $ | 357.4 |  |  | $ | 412.9 |
10% senior secured notes, due July 2014, including unamortized premiums of $4.4 million and $6.1 million |  | 229.4 |  |  | 231.1 |
7.75% senior unsecured notes, due July 2017 |  | 500.0 |  |  | 500.0 |
4% senior unsecured Convertible Notes, due June 2013, including unamortized discounts of $26.8 million and $47.3 million |  | 373.2 |  |  | 352.7 |
7.75% senior unsecured notes, due May 2013 |  | 160.0 |  |  | 160.0 |
7% senior unsecured notes, due August 2011, including unamortized premiums of $0.2 million |  | — |  |  | 78.0 |
Floating rate senior secured term loan, due June 2016 |  | 200.0 |  |  | 200.0 |
Various, interest rates from 0% to 7.47%, due May 2012 through March 2017 |  | 117.3 |  |  | 160.0 |
Total debt |  | 1,937.3 |  |  | 2,094.7 |
Current portion |  | (62.5 | ) |  | (143.2 | )
Total long-term debt |  | $ | 1,874.8 |  |  | $ | 1,951.5 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | Scheduled maturities of long-term debt are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | (in millions)
2013 |  | $ | 62.5 |
2014 |  | 553.2 |
2015 |  | 604.3 |
2016 |  | 39.6 |
2017 |  | 177.7 |
Thereafter |  | 500.0 |
Total debt |  | $ | 1,937.3 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the combined aggregate amount of maturities and sinking fund requirements for all long-term borrowings for each of the five years following the date of the latest balance sheet date presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 470 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601 + Details
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