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Long-Term Debt Additional Detail (Details) (Senior Notes [Member], 5.5% Senior Notes due 2022 [Member]) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Change in control terms, redemption price percentage | 101.00%
August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018 |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price percentage | 102.75%
August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019 |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price percentage | 101.375%
August 1, 2019 and thereafter |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price percentage | 100.00%
Prior to August 1, 2016 [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Maximum Redemption Percent Allowed From Equity Offering | 35.00%
Redemption price percentage | 105.00%
Prior to August 1, 2017 [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price percentage | 100.00%

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- Definition Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph e -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823 + Details
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