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Stock Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Mar. 07, 2013
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in number of shares authorized for repurchase |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000
Number of shares authorized for repurchase |  | 860,450 |  |  |  |
Common stock repurchased, shares |  | 470,071 | 2,686,744 |  | 1,216,015 |
Common stock repurchased, value |  | $ 86.5 | $ 343.7 |  | $ 135.2 |
Open Market [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock repurchased, shares |  | 464,006 | 0 |  | 1,209,756 |
Common stock repurchased, value |  | $ 85.4 | $ 0.0 |  | $ 134.5 |
Tender Offer [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock repurchased, shares |  | 0 | 2,548,868 |  | 0 |
Common stock repurchased, value |  | $ 0.0 | $ 325.3 | [1] | $ 0.0 |
Tender offer, offering costs |  | $ 0.3 |  |  |  |
Other [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock repurchased, shares | [2] | 6,065 | 137,876 |  | 6,259 |
Common stock repurchased, value |  | $ 1.1 | $ 18.4 |  | $ 0.7 |
[1] | Tender Offer Cost amounts include offering costs of $0.3 million for 2014.
[2] | Represents shares of common stock released to us by team members as payment of tax withholdings due to us upon the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units.

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