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LONG-TERM DEBT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Schedule Of Net Interest Expense |
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 10,233 |  | $ | 11,839
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 1,010 |  |  | 1,054
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 68 |  |  | 61
Interest expense on interest rate hedging agreements |  |  | - |  |  | 545
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (1) |  |  | (3)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 11,310 |  | $ | 13,496
|  | Net Interest Expense
|  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Interest expense |  | $ | 20,600 |  | $ | 23,891
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 2,053 |  |  | 2,172
Amortization of original issue discount of senior notes |  |  | 133 |  |  | 120
Interest expense on interest rate hedging agreements |  |  | 0 |  |  | 1,392
Interest income and other investment income |  |  | (2) |  |  | (6)
Total net interest expense |  | $ | 22,784 |  | $ | 27,569

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