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Income Taxes (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Provision for Income Taxes and Effective Income Tax Rate | The (benefit) provision for income taxes and the effective income tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
(Benefit) provision for income taxes |  | $ | (2,436 | ) |  | $ | 547 |  |  | $ | (5,931 | ) |  | $ | 723 |
Effective income tax rate |  |  | (34.6 | )% |  |  | 69.2 | % |  |  | (38.2 | )% |  |  | 55.3 | %

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