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Noncontrolling Interest (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Schedule of Changes in Noncontrolling Interest | Changes in the noncontrolling interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 are as follows:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
| Holding Company |  | LVE |  | Other |  | Total
(In thousands) |
Balance, January 1, 2013 | $ | 208,277 |  |  | $ | (44,961 | ) |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 163,336 |
Attributable net loss | (7,596 | ) |  | (443 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8,039 | )
Deconsolidation of LVE on March 4, 2013 | — |  |  | 45,404 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,404 |
Balance, September 30, 2013 | $ | 200,681 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 20 |  |  | $ | 200,701 |

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