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Note 7 - Loans (Details) - Troubled Debt Restructurings Modified (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified |  |  | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 Commercial Loans [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Commercial Loans [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Commercial Mortgage Loans [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Total [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Total [Member] Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Accruing Troubled Debt Restructuring [Member]
Note 7 - Loans (Details) - Troubled Debt Restructurings Modified [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
No. of Loans |  |  | 9 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 30 |  |  |  |
Pre-Modification Recorded Investment |  |  | $ 11,705 | $ 2,144 | $ 7,474 | $ 59,299 | $ 3,736 | $ 2,895 | $ 22,915 | $ 64,338 |  |  |  |
Post-Modification Recorded Investment |  |  | 10,516 | 2,144 | 7,474 | 55,610 | 3,658 | 2,895 | 21,648 | 60,649 |  |  |  |
Charge-offs |  |  | 1,189 | 0 | 0 | 3,689 | 78 | 0 | 1,267 | 3,689 | 0 | (251) | (78) | (251)
Specific Reserve | $ 23,362 | $ 12,183 | $ 71 | $ 75 | $ 191 | $ 0 | $ 125 | $ 70 | $ 387 | $ 145 |  |  |  |

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