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Other Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Assets

Other Assets

Other assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2013				2012
Debt issuance costs, net of amortization(1)	$	61,923			$	83,643
Restricted deposits	27,955				27,947
Notes receivable on asset retirement obligations	11,640				11,433
Investments	13,708				10,348
Other	5,945				10,881
Total other assets	$	121,171			$	144,252

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(1) In 2013, the unamortized debt issuance costs associated with the 9.875% Senior Notes due 2016 and 8.0% Senior Notes due 2018 were written off at the time the Company redeemed these notes. See Note 12 for discussion of the senior note redemptions.

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The entire disclosure for other assets. This disclosure includes other current assets and other noncurrent assets.

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