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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |  |  |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| Computation Of Net Income (Loss) Per Share
| Year Ended December 31, 2012
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income (Loss)
| Net Income (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 11,268 |  | 36,906,468 |  | $ | 0.31
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | 903,178 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 11,268 |  | 37,809,646 |  | $ | 0.30
| Computation Of Net Income (Loss) Per Share
| Year Ended December 31, 2011
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income (Loss)
| Net Income (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 66,277 |  | 36,369,410 |  | $ | 1.82
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | 1,394,555 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 66,277 |  | 37,763,965 |  | $ | 1.76
| Computation Of Net Income (Loss) Per Share
| Year Ended December 31, 2010
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income (Loss)
| Net Income (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 46,436 |  | 35,712,026 |  | $ | 1.30
Impact of equity awards |  |  |  | 1,967,360 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 46,436 |  | 37,679,386 |  | $ | 1.23
Equity Award Impact Schedule |
|  |  | Impact Of Equity Awards |
|  |  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  |  | (amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
dilutive equivalent shares |  | dilutive |  | dilutive |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
the treasury stock method |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Price range of options excluded: from |  | $ | 6.43 |  | $ | 8.21 |  | $ | 9.63 |
| Price range of options excluded: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  | $ | 48.21 |  | $ | 48.21 |
| Options excluded |  |  | 46 |  |  | 54 |  |  | 66 |
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 939 |  |  | 945 |  |  | 43 |
| RSUs with service and market conditions |  |  | 200 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 200 |
| Total RSUs excluded |  |  | 1,139 |  |  | 1,145 |  |  | 243 |

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