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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 12,114 |  | $ | 2,618
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 1,111 |  |  | 941
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 62 |  |  | -
Interest expense on interest rate hedging agreements |  |  | - |  |  | 1,712
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (2) |  |  | (20)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 13,285 |  | $ | 5,251
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 36,005 |  | $ | 7,973
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 3,283 |  |  | 2,825
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 182 |  |  | -
Interest expense on interest rate hedging agreements |  |  | 1,392 |  |  | 5,706
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (8) |  |  | (27)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 40,854 |  | $ | 16,477

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