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Debt - Unsecured Senior Notes (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Amortization of deferred financing costs $ 2,400,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts $ 1,100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Convertible Debt [Member] | Exchangeable Senior Notes due August 15, 2019 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Stated Rate 2.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Interest expense, debt 2,400,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
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Contractual interest expense 1,600,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebtExcludingAmortization
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Accretion of debt discount 700,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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Amortization of deferred financing costs 100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
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Senior Notes [Member] | Series A, Series B, and Series C Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt instrument face amount 350,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Senior Notes [Member] | Series A Senior Notes due 2025 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Stated Rate 3.93%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt instrument face amount 100,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Senior Notes [Member] | Series B Senior Notes due 2027 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Stated Rate 4.09%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt instrument face amount 125,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Senior Notes [Member] | Series C Senior Notes due 2030 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Stated Rate 4.18%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt instrument face amount $ 125,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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