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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt |
|  |  | Long-Term Debt
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |  |
| Revolver, due November 23, 2016 (A) |  | $ | 5,000 |  | $ | 10,000
| Term B Loan, due November 23, 2018 (A) |  |  | 347,500 |  |  | 375,000
Senior Notes |  |  |  |  |  |
| 10.5% senior unsecured notes, due December 1, 2019 (B) |  |  | 220,000 |  |  | 220,000
Other |  |  |  |  |  |
| Financing Method Lease Obligations (C) |  |  | 12,610 |  |  | 12,610
| Other |  |  | 92 |  |  | 121
| Total |  |  | 585,202 |  |  | 617,731
| Current amount of long-term debt |  |  | (9,808) |  |  | (3,778)
| Current amount of finance method lease obligations |  |  | (12,610) |  |  | -
| Unamortized original issue discount |  |  | (2,651) |  |  | (2,897)
| Total long-term debt |  | $ | 560,133 |  | $ | 611,056
| Outstanding standby letter of credit |  | $ | 570 |  | $ | 570
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 47,412 |  | $ | 14,790 |  | $ | 13,624
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 4,405 |  |  | 3,567 |  |  | 3,912
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 246 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 0
Interest expense on interest rate hedging agreements |  |  | 1,392 |  |  | 6,568 |  |  | 12,974
Interest income |  |  | (9) |  |  | (31) |  |  | (19)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 53,446 |  | $ | 24,919 |  | $ | 30,491
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt |
| Principal Debt Maturities
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Finance |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Method |  |  |  |  |  |
| Credit |  | Senior |  | Lease |  |  |  |  |  |
| Facility |  | Notes |  | Obligations |  | Other |  | Total
| (amounts in thousands)
Years ending December 31: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 | $ | 3,475 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 12,610 |  | $ | 30 |  | $ | 16,115
2014 |  | 3,475 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 28 |  |  | 3,503
2015 |  | 3,475 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 5 |  |  | 3,480
2016 |  | 8,475 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 5 |  |  | 8,480
2017 |  | 3,475 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 5 |  |  | 3,480
Thereafter |  | 330,125 |  |  | 220,000 |  |  | - |  |  | 19 |  |  | 550,144
Total | $ | 352,500 |  | $ | 220,000 |  | $ | 12,610 |  | $ | 92 |  | $ | 585,202
Schedule of Extinguishment of Debt |
|  | Debt Extinguishment
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs |  | $ | 747 |  | $ | 1,144 |  | $ | 62
Amount of debt retired early |  | $ | - |  | $ | 595,500 |  | $ | 6,579

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