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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

INCOME TAXES

Schedule of component of income tax provision reflected in the consolidated statements of operations

(In thousands)		12 Months Ended December 31, 2015			12 Months Ended December 31, 2014			12 Months Ended December 31, 2013
Current:
Federal		$	10,278		$	—		$	—
Foreign			—			—			—
State			(2,263	)		1,250			4,045
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Total current			8,015			1,250			4,045
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Deferred:
Federal			46,935			43,869			(229,778	)
Foreign			—			—			—
State			4,725			(11,439	)		(36,820	)
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Total deferred			51,660			32,430			(266,598	)
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Total provision (benefit)			59,675			33,680			(262,553	)
Tax provision from discontinued operations			—			210			830
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Total provision (benefit) from continuing operations		$	59,675		$	33,470		$	(263,383	)
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Schedule of pre-tax income (losses)

(In thousands)		12 Months Ended December 31, 2015			12 Months Ended December 31, 2014			12 Months Ended December 31, 2013
Domestic		$	163,531		$	97,303		$	103,526
Foreign			—			457			(1,679	)
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Total		$	163,531		$	97,760		$	101,847
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Schedule of the difference between the effective tax rate on earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and the U.S. federal income tax statutory rate

(In thousands)		12 Months Ended December 31, 2015			12 Months Ended December 31, 2014			12 Months Ended December 31, 2013
Income tax expense at the federal statutory rate		$	57,237		$	34,035		$	34,902
Effect of:
State income taxes			6,180			195			1,479
Increase (decrease) in reserve for uncertain tax positions			(1,031	)		1,050			2,193
Federal and state credits			(2,686	)		(2,985	)		(2,600	)
Change in net operating loss carryforward for excess tax deductions			—			—			(28,206	)
Permanent items			101			1,485			537
Other			155			(1,100	)		(6,088	)
Valuation allowance			(281	)		790			(265,600	)
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Income tax expense (benefit)		$	59,675		$	33,470		$	(263,383	)
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Effective income tax rate			36.5	%		34.4	%		(264.1	)%
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Schedule of significant components of deferred income tax assets and liabilities

		December 31, 2015						December 31, 2014
		Deferred Income Tax						Deferred Income Tax
(In thousands)		Assets			Liabilities			Assets			Liabilities
Tangible assets		$	—		$	(131,793	)	$	—		$	(113,456	)
Accrued liabilities			28,390			—			31,430			—
Intangible assets			—			(121,495	)		—			(101,725	)
Receivables			—			(5,264	)		—			(5,206	)
Investments			—			(230,568	)		—			(233,005	)
Capital loss carryforwards			—			—			50			—
Pension, postretirement and deferred compensation			38,183			—			33,581			—
Corporate borrowings			—			—			19,127			—
Deferred revenue			179,133			—			154,583			—
Lease liabilities			135,215			—			111,250			—
Capital and financing lease obligations			33,130			—			35,654			—
Alternative minimum tax and other credit carryovers			17,520			—			21,802			—
Charitable contributions			—			—			158			—
Net operating loss carryforwards			183,961			—			228,302			—
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Total		$	615,532		$	(489,120	)	$	635,937		$	(453,392	)
Less: Valuation allowance			(509	)		—			(790	)		—
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Net deferred income taxes		$	615,023		$	(489,120	)	$	635,147		$	(453,392	)
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Schedule of rollforward of the Company's valuation allowance for deferred tax assets

(In thousands)		Balance at Beginning of Period			Additions Charged (Credited) to Expenses			Charged (Credited) to Goodwill			Charged (Credited) to Other Accounts(1)			Balance at End of Period
Calendar Year 2015
Valuation allowance—deferred income tax assets		$	790			(281	)		—			—		$	509
Calendar Year 2014
Valuation allowance—deferred income tax assets		$	—			790			—			—		$	790
Calendar Year 2013
Valuation allowance—deferred income tax assets		$	248,420			(265,600	)		11,088			6,092		$	—

(1)           Primarily relates to amounts resulting from the Company's tax sharing arrangement, changes in deferred tax assets and associated valuation allowance that are not related to income statement activity as well as amounts charged to other comprehensive income.

Schedule of reconciliation of the change in the amount of unrecognized tax benefits

(In millions)		12 Months Ended December 31, 2015			12 Months Ended December 31, 2014			12 Months Ended December 31, 2013
Balance at beginning of period		$	30.5		$	27.4		$	21.9
Gross increases—current period tax positions			1.7			1.6			3.8
Gross increases—prior period tax positions			1.1			1.5			2.2
Favorable resolutions with authorities			(2.2	)		—			(0.5	)
Lapse of statute of limitations			(1.0	)		—			—
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Balance at end of period		$	30.1		$	30.5		$	27.4
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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the change in unrecognized tax benefits.

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Tabular disclosure of valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets to net realizable value, including identification of the deferred tax asset more likely than not will not be fully realized and the corresponding amount of the valuation allowance.

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