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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| Three Months Ended
| June 30, 2013 |  | June 30, 2012
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net Income
| Net Income |  |  |  | (Loss) |  | Net Income |  |  |  | (Loss)
| (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share |  | (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 9,893 |  | 37,344,162 |  | $ | 0.26 |  | $ | (3,207) |  | 36,685,635 |  | $ | (0.09)
Impact of dilutive equity awards |  |  |  | 758,421 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 9,893 |  | 38,102,583 |  | $ | 0.26 |  | $ | (3,207) |  | 36,685,635 |  | $ | (0.09)
| Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2013 |  | June 30, 2012
| (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
|  |  |  |  |  | Net Income |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net Income
| Net Income |  |  |  | (Loss) |  | Net Income |  |  |  | (Loss)
| (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share |  | (Loss) |  | Shares |  | Per Share
Basic net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 9,642 |  | 37,308,239 |  | $ | 0.26 |  | $ | (4,256) |  | 36,668,347 |  | $ | (0.12)
Impact of dilutive equity awards |  |  |  | 892,442 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 9,642 |  | 38,200,681 |  | $ | 0.25 |  | $ | (4,256) |  | 36,668,347 |  | $ | (0.12)
Equity Award Impact Schedule [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | June 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  |  | (amounts in thousands,
|  |  | except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares: |  | dilutive |  |  | anti-dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss |  |  | - |  |  | 913
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 50
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 8.76 |  |  | $ | 5.56
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 456 |  |  |  | 1,218
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 656 |  |  |  | 1,418
|  |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  | June 30,
Impact Of Equity Awards |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012
|  |  | (amounts in thousands,
|  |  | except per share data)
Dilutive or anti-dilutive for all potentially dilutive equivalent shares |  | dilutive |  |  | anti-dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive when reporting a net loss |  | - |  |  | 1,025
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 53
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 8.20 |  |  | $ | 6.36
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 233 |  |  |  | 1,081
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 433 |  |  |  | 1,281

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