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NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2013
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| Three Months Ended
| September 30, 2013 |  | September 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: | $ | 6,875 |  | 37,385,753 |  | $ | 0.18 |  | $ | 8,177 |  | 36,735,215 |  | $ | 0.22
Impact of dilutive equity awards |  |  |  | 767,669 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 812,430 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 6,875 |  | 38,153,422 |  | $ | 0.18 |  | $ | 8,177 |  | 37,547,645 |  | $ | 0.22
| Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2013 |  | September 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: | $ | 16,517 |  | 37,334,620 |  | $ | 0.44 |  | $ | 3,921 |  | 36,704,001 |  | $ | 0.11
Impact of dilutive equity awards |  |  |  | 874,359 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 958,183 |  |  |
Diluted net income (loss) per common share: | $ | 16,517 |  | 38,208,979 |  | $ | 0.43 |  | $ | 3,921 |  | 37,662,184 |  | $ | 0.10
Equity Award Impact Schedule [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months Ended
|  |  | September 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 |  |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 49
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 8.79 |  |  | $ | 6.34
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 956
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 1,156
|  |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  | September 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 |  |  | dilutive
Excluded shares as anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Options |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 51
| Price range of options: from |  | $ | 8.79 |  |  | $ | 6.36
| Price range of options: to |  | $ | 48.21 |  |  | $ | 48.21
| RSUs with service conditions |  |  | 242 |  |  |  | 1,109
| RSUs with service and market conditions as market conditions not met |  |  | 200 |  |  |  | 200
| Total RSUs |  |  | 442 |  |  |  | 1,309

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