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Earnings (Loss) per Share | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Earnings (Loss) per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings (Loss) per Share | Earnings per Share We include restricted stock units for which no future service is required as a condition to the delivery of the underlying common stock in our calculation of weighted average shares outstanding. Reconciliations of the amounts used in the basic and diluted earnings per common share computations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, are as follows (shares in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Diluted weighted average shares calculation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic) | 366,975 |  |  | 416,507 |  |  | 369,938 |  |  | 418,296 |
Share-based awards | 2,971 |  |  | 4,841 |  |  | 3,466 |  |  | 4,401 |
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted) | 369,946 |  |  | 421,348 |  |  | 373,404 |  |  | 422,697 |
We excluded the following items from diluted earnings per common share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, because they were anti-dilutive (shares in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Share-based awards | 5,042 |  |  | 2,854 |  |  | 5,042 |  |  | 5,066 |

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