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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Schedule of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

		December 31, 2011
		Quoted Market Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)			Total Fair Value Measurements
		(In thousands)
Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Treasury and government agency money market funds		$	321,314		$	—		$	—		$	321,314
Commercial paper			—			237,942			—			237,942
Time deposits			—			4,750			—			4,750
Marketable securities:
Corporate debt securities			—			48,705			—			48,705
States of the U.S. and state political subdivisions			—			112,323			—			112,323
Equity security			4,667			—			—			4,667
Long-term investments:
Auction rate security			—			—			5,870			5,870
Marketable equity securities			74,691			—			—			74,691
Total		$	400,672		$	403,720		$	5,870		$	810,262
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration arrangement		$	—		$	—		$	(10,000	)	$	(10,000	)

Schedule of changes in assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)

		For the Year Ended
		December 31, 2011						December 31, 2010
		Auction Rate Securities			Contingent Consideration Arrangement			Auction Rate Securities
		(In thousands)
Balance at January 1		$	13,100		$	—		$	12,635
Total net (losses) gains (realized and unrealized):
Included in other comprehensive income			(2,230	)		—			465
Fair value at date of acquisition			—			(40,000	)		—
Settlements			(5,000	)		30,000			—
Balance at December 31		$	5,870		$	(10,000	)	$	13,100

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Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of assets and liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes during the period attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income, and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs), by class of asset or liability.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Topic 820

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-Publisher FASB

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6925170&loc=d3e19190-110258

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