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Stockholders' Equity and Benefit Plans (Schedule of Common Stock Repurchase Activity) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2011	Jul. 02, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 No Termination Date [Member]	Jul. 02, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 No Termination Date [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 No Termination Date [Member]	Jan. 02, 2010 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 No Termination Date [Member]	Jul. 02, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 Termination Date December 2013 [Member]	Jul. 02, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 Termination Date December 2013 [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 Termination Date December 2013 [Member]	Jan. 02, 2010 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2010 Termination Date December 2013 [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2009 No Termination Date [Member]	Jan. 03, 2009 Period Authorized Fiscal Year 2009 No Termination Date [Member]
Number of shares repurchased		0	0	0		0.6	1.9	3.1		0.5
Dollar value repurchased	$ 155,350,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0		$ 60,900,000	$ 155,400,000	$ 179,200,000		$ 20,000,000
Dollar value authorized					$ 30,000,000				$ 750,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Common stock repurchase activity termination date					None				December 2013		None

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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-Publisher SEC
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