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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| Three Months Ended
| September 30, 2012 |  | September 30, 2011
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net Income
| Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share |  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 8,177 |  | 36,735,215 |  | $ | 0.22 |  | $ | 8,231 |  | 36,366,675 |  | $ | 0.23
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | 812,430 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,096,410 |  |  |
Diluted net income per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 8,177 |  | 37,547,645 |  | $ | 0.22 |  | $ | 8,231 |  | 37,463,085 |  | $ | 0.22
| Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2012 |  | September 30, 2011
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net Income
| Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share |  | Net Income |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 3,921 |  | 36,704,001 |  | $ | 0.11 |  | $ | 57,986 |  | 36,355,024 |  | $ | 1.59
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | 958,183 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,470,473 |  |  |
Diluted net income per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 3,921 |  | 37,662,184 |  | $ | 0.10 |  | $ | 57,986 |  | 37,825,497 |  | $ | 1.53
Equity Award Impact Schedule [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | September 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  | (amounts in thousands,
|  |  | except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares: |  | dilutive |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 53
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 6.34 |  |  | $ | 6.67
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 956 |  |  |  | 976
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 1,156 |  |  |  | 1,176
|  |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  | September 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011
|  |  | (amounts in thousands,
|  |  | except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares |  | dilutive |  |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 51 |  |  |  | 54
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 6.36 |  |  | $ | 9.02
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 1,109 |  |  |  | 942
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 1,309 |  |  |  | 1,142

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