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Income Taxes Other information (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |
Income taxes paid | $ 200,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid | $ 200,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid | $ 200,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
Income tax refunds received | 100,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds | 700,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds | 3,400,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIncomeTaxRefunds
Increase in deferred tax asset valuation allowance | 800,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount | 1,600,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions | 1,300,000 laws_Proposedincometaxadjustment |  |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Excluding Amounts Pertaining to Examined Tax Returns [Roll Forward] |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year | 2,678,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 2,127,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits |
Additions for tax positions of current year | 287,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions | 462,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 133,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions | 89,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (134,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions | 0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions |
Balance at end of year | 2,964,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 2,678,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | 2,127,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
State |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 50,300,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember |  |
Foreign |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | 500,000 us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember |  |
US Federal |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ 52,500,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember |  |

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