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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="2">8. Income Taxes</font></b></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Income taxes included in the consolidated financial statements were as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">June 30,</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Income tax benefit</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Effective income tax rate</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 35.45pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Income tax benefit was $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 compared to a benefit of $11.9 million in the same period of the prior year. The income tax benefit in the current period is due mainly to the recognition of losses in certain taxable Canadian entities.</font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 differs from the U.S. statutory federal rate of 35% primarily due to the income attributable to flow-through entities for tax purposes.</font></p>
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