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Stock-Based Incentive Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
STOCK-BASED INCENTIVE PLANS [Abstract] |
Stock Options Activity | The following table summarizes stock option activity for the Plans for the year ended December 31, 2012:
|  |  |  | Weighted-Average |  |
|  | Options |  | Exercise Price |  | Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2011 |  | 434,000 |  |  | $ | 5.55 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (71,000 | ) |  | $ | 4.77 |  |  |  |  |
Expired/forfeited |  | (50,000 | ) |  | $ | 4.66 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 |  | 313,000 |  |  | $ | 5.87 |  |  | 1.9 years |  | $ | 6,193,000 |
Vested |  | 313,000 |  |  | $ | 5.87 |  |  | 1.9 years |  | $ | 6,193,000 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2012 |  | 313,000 |  |  | $ | 5.87 |  |  | 1.9 years |  | $ | 6,193,000 |
Nonvested Restricted Stock Activity | The following table summarizes nonvested restricted share activity for the year ended December 31, 2012:
|  | Nonvested Restricted Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted stock at December 31, 2011 |  | 1,505,000 |  |  | $ | 21.01 |
Granted |  | 1,339,000 |  |  | $ | 32.17 |
Vested |  | (1,318,000 | ) |  | $ | 21.90 |
Canceled |  | (173,000 | ) |  | $ | 28.92 |
Nonvested restricted stock at December 31, 2012 |  | 1,353,000 |  |  | $ | 30.17 |
Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table summarizes restricted stock unit activity for the year ended December 31, 2012:
|  | Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2011 |  | 26,000 |  |  | $ | 16.57 |
Granted |  | 33,000 |  |  | $ | 29.39 |
Vested |  | (21,000 | ) |  | $ | 17.75 |
Nonvested restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2012 |  | 38,000 |  |  | $ | 26.98 |
Vested restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2012 |  | 89,000 |  |  | $ | 9.77 |

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