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Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block] |
|  | First |  | Second |  | Third |  | Fourth
|  | (In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenue |  | $ | 127,692 |  |  | $ | 137,192 |  |  | $ | 132,529 |  |  | $ | 131,210 |
Operating income |  | 21,873 |  |  | 32,687 |  |  | 25,132 |  |  | 26,865 |
Income before income taxes |  | 22,110 |  |  | 32,895 |  |  | 25,306 |  |  | 27,019 |
Net income |  | 14,879 |  |  | 22,532 |  |  | 15,399 |  |  | 17,122 |
Basic earnings per share |  | 0.16 |  |  | 0.25 |  |  | 0.17 |  |  | 0.20 |
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenue |  | $ | 115,617 |  |  | $ | 127,411 |  |  | $ | 127,245 |  |  | $ | 129,243 |
Operating income |  | 15,831 |  |  | 22,033 |  |  | 29,061 |  |  | 24,524 |
Income before income taxes |  | 16,234 |  |  | 22,449 |  |  | 29,408 |  |  | 24,782 |
Net income |  | 11,887 |  |  | 16,653 |  |  | 18,297 |  |  | 15,379 |
Basic earnings per share |  | 0.13 |  |  | 0.18 |  |  | 0.20 |  |  | 0.17 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6952194&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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