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Notes Payable (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] | Total debt outstanding at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 was:
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Sep 30, 2012 |  | Dec 31, 2011
Senior Notes at Amortized Cost: |  |  |  |
6.00% Senior Notes due May 15, 2017 |  | $ | 357.2 |  |  | $ | 356.8 |
6.00% Senior Notes due November 30, 2015 |  | 248.5 |  |  | 248.2 |
Mortgage Note Payable at Amortized Cost |  | 5.5 |  |  | 5.6 |
Notes Payable at Amortized Cost |  | $ | 611.2 |  |  | $ | 610.6 |
Schedule of Interest Expense [Table Text Block] | Interest Expense, including facility fees, accretion of discount and write-off of unamortized credit agreement issuance costs, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was:
|  | Nine Months Ended |  | Three Months Ended
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Sep 30, 2012 |  | Sep 30, 2011 |  | Sep 30, 2012 |  | Sep 30, 2011
Notes Payable under Revolving Credit Agreements |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |
Senior Notes Payable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.00% Senior Notes due May 15, 2017 |  | 16.6 |  |  | 16.5 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | 5.5 |
6.00% Senior Notes due November 30, 2015 |  | 11.6 |  |  | 11.5 |  |  | 3.9 |  |  | 3.8 |
Mortgage Note Payable |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |
Interest Expense before Capitalization of Interest |  | 30.1 |  |  | 29.8 |  |  | 9.8 |  |  | 10.0 |
Capitalization of Interest |  | (1.6 | ) |  | (1.8 | ) |  | (0.2 | ) |  | (0.7 | )
Total Interest Expense |  | $ | 28.5 |  |  | $ | 28.0 |  |  | $ | 9.6 |  |  | $ | 9.3 |
Schedule of Interest Paid [Table Text Block] | Interest paid, including facility fees and credit agreement issuance costs, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was:
|  | Nine Months Ended |  | Three Months Ended
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Sep 30, 2012 |  | Sep 30, 2011 |  | Sep 30, 2012 |  | Sep 30, 2011
Notes Payable under Revolving Credit Agreements |  | $ | 1.9 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Senior Notes Payable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.00% Senior Notes due May 15, 2017 |  | 10.8 |  |  | 10.8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
6.00% Senior Notes due November 30, 2015 |  | 7.5 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Mortgage Note Payable |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.1 |
Total Interest Paid |  | $ | 20.5 |  |  | $ | 19.4 |  |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |

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