Operating charge incurred as a result of terminating certain contracts.

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Reduction in current tax expense due to increase in taxable income attributable to businesses with noncontrolling owners

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations, attributable to increase (decrease) in the income tax rates.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to income tax settlements. Including, but not limited to, domestic tax settlement, foreign tax settlement, state and local tax settlement, and other tax settlements.

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Other Charges and Credits (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Other Charges and Credits [Abstract]
Contract Termination Costs	$ 9.7
Income tax adjustments [Abstract]
Additional current tax expense due to income tax audit settlements				6.4
ReductionInCurrentTaxExpenseDueToIncreaseInTaxableIncomeAttributableToNCI		5.4
Additional current tax expense due to tax law change			$ 4.1