Note 3 - Investment Securities (Detail) - Interest income from investment securities (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Taxable:
Interest income from investment taxable securities	$ 21,346	$ 17,404
Tax-exempt	31,198	29,902
Total interest income from investment securities	52,544	47,306
Mortgage Related Securities [Member]
Taxable:
Interest income from investment taxable securities	14,696	11,834
Other [Member]
Taxable:
Interest income from investment taxable securities	$ 6,650	$ 5,570

Amount of interest and dividend income, including amortization of the premium and discount on securities.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph 2, 3

-Article 9

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 115

-Paragraph 14

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 225

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.2,3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 35

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=16383099&loc=d3e24721-111560

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