Income Taxes (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Reconciliation of the differences between taxes on income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax provision at statutory rate (Bermuda rate of 0%)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Taxes on U.S. and other international earnings (losses) at greater than the Bermuda rate	112,094	18,686	(60,741)
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance	(6,450)	2,407	6,062
Effect of change in tax rate	(258)	40	(9,248)
Tax reserves and interest	11,948	8,808	14,652
State income taxes	25,271	7,009	(14,662)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$ 142,605	$ 36,950	$ (63,937)
Effective tax rate	29.20%	12.60%	93.00%

A ratio calculated by dividing the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the period by GAAP-basis pretax income from continuing operations.

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The sum of the current income tax expense or benefit and the deferred income tax expense or benefit pertaining to continuing operations.

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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets in the period.

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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations, that is attributable to changes in the income tax rates under enacted tax laws in the period.

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The portion of the difference, between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations, that is attributable to total foreign income tax expense or benefit. The foreign income tax expense or benefit difference represents the income tax expense or benefit at applicable domestic statutory income tax rates applied to foreign earnings or loss for the period versus the foreign income tax expense or benefit calculated by applying the appropriate foreign tax rates.

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The amount of income tax expense or benefit for the period computed by applying the domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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