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Percentage of closing market price paid for purchase of common stock shares through employee stock purchase plan.

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The floor of a customized range of grant date fair values for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under restricted stock awards on all restricted stock plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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The ceiling of a customized range of grant date fair values for purposes of disclosing shares potentially issuable under restricted stock awards on all restricted stock plans and other required information pertaining to awards in the customized range.

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Number of reserved shares held by the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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The maximum percentage rate stock-based compensation expense is calculated using net of forfeitures estimated from shares granted.

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The estimated measure of the percentage of shares, units or grants expected to be forfeited.

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Grant date fair value of stock related to Restricted Stock Awards granted during the period.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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Weighted average fair value as of the grant date of equity-based award plans other than stock (unit) option plans that were not exercised or put into effect as a result of the occurrence of a terminating event.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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The weighted average fair value of nonvested awards on equity-based plans excluding option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, revenue or profit achievement stock award plan) for which the employer is contingently obligated to issue equity instruments or transfer assets to an employee who has not yet satisfied service or performance criteria necessary to gain title to proceeds from the sale of the award or underlying shares or units.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2011
Restricted stock awards [Roll Forward]
Granted (in shares)	1,662,000	1,328,000	1,592,000
Vested (in shares)	(1,185,000)	(1,455,000)	(1,435,000)
Cancelled or forfeited (in shares)	(298,000)	(452,000)	(427,000)
Ending balance (in shares)	3,552,000	3,373,000	3,952,000	3,552,000				4,222,000
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance (in dollars per share)	$ 21.12	$ 16.67	$ 14.93				$ 21.12
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 29.79	$ 26.98	$ 19.20
Vested (in dollars per share)	$ 19.58	$ 15.08	$ 14.28
Cancelled/forfeited (in dollars per share)	$ 21.02	$ 18.87	$ 15.62
Ending balance (in dollars per share)	$ 25.70	$ 21.12	$ 16.67	$ 25.70
Unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted	$ 59,100,000			$ 59,100,000
Period over which cost is expected to be recognized	2 years 3 months 18 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted shares granted (in shares)	1,662,000	1,328,000	1,592,000
Percentage of estimated forfeitures, minimum	0.00%
Percentage of estimated forfeitures, maximum	15.00%
Restricted Stock [Member]
Restricted stock awards [Roll Forward]
Granted (in shares)				32,000	560,000	42,000	1,028,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted shares granted (in shares)				32,000	560,000	42,000	1,028,000
Value per share minimum (in dollars per share)				$ 33.76	$ 33.42	$ 31.06	$ 27.01
Value per share maximum (in dollars per share)				$ 33.76	$ 34.65	$ 33.84	$ 27.18
Total value of restricted shares granted				$ 1,072,000	$ 19,356,000	$ 1,313,000	$ 27,774,000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage payroll deduction that each employee may deduct	15.00%
Percentage of closing market price paid for purchase of whole shares	90.00%
Number of shares reserved (in shares)	1,800,000			1,800,000