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Long-Term Debt (Narrative 1) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended											0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
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Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Line of credit facility amount outstanding				$ 3,450,000,000	$ 800,000,000					$ 125,000,000							$ 1,600,000,000											$ 1,050,000,000
Line of credit facility, maturity date					November 15, 2015												November 16, 2016											November 15, 2015
Credit agreement, interest rate description	The interest rate on the borrowings is based on the commercial paper rate plus a spread of 0.475% and there is a facility fee of 0.375% required on 102% on the Commitments.		Upon the effectiveness of the Amendment on March 15, 2011, borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at our election (1) the greatest of (a) the lender's prime rate, (b) the weighted average of the federal funds rate, plus 0.5% and (c) one month LIBOR plus 1%, in each case, plus an applicable margin of initially 1.25%, 1.25% and 2.00% for the revolving credit facility, the Term Loan A facility and the Term Loan B facility, respectively or (2) one, two, three or six month LIBOR (at our election), plus an applicable margin of initially 2.25%, 2.25% and 3.00% for the revolving credit facility, the Term Loan A facility and the Term Loan B facility, respectively. Effective in August, 2011, the applicable margins for the Term Loan A facility and the revolving credit facility became subject to adjustment based upon our consolidated leverage ratio or corporate credit rating at the end of each quarter ranging from 0.50% to 1.25% for alternate base rate ("ABR")-based loans and 1.50% to 2.25% for LIBOR-based loans under the revolving credit facility and the Term Loan A facility.
LIBOR indexes applicable to credit agreement			one, two, three or six month LIBOR (at our election)
Rate adjustment to weighted average federal funds rate for credit facility borrowings						0.50%
Rate adjustment to one month LIBOR rate on credit facility borrowings						1.00%
Margin percentage adjustment							1.25%	2.25%			1.25%	1.25%	0.50%	1.50%	2.25%						1.75%	2.75%		2.00%	3.00%	2.00%	3.00%			0.75%	1.75%	2.25%
Unsecured notes make-whole redemption price, percent																																								103.50%	101.75%	100.00%
Commitment percentage for facility fee	102.00%
Interest rate spread on borrowings																																	0.475%
Credit facility fee, percentage	0.375%
Minimum Eurodollar rate for the term loan B facility																				1.00%			1.50%
Repayments of lines of credit																		125,000,000	12,000,000										20,000,000
Fee paid in accordance with the terms of the credit agreement																1.00%
Accounts receivable securitization program credit facility, borrowing capacity	240,000,000
Accounts receivable securitization program credit facility, amount outstanding			240,000,000
Accounts receivable securitization program credit facility original amount	200,000,000
Accounts receivable securitization program credit facility, maturity date	Oct. 25, 2013
Outstanding borrowings under a short-term, on-demand credit facility			0
Available borrowing capacity																																		646,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit, net									64,000,000
Senior notes, issued																																			250,000,000	250,000,000	150,000,000	200,000,000
Interest rate, percentage																																			7.00%	7.125%	7.125%	6.75%	7.125%
Senior notes, maturity date																																			October 1, 2018	June 30, 2016		November 15, 2011
Senior notes, repayment terms		Other than their date of issuance and initial price to the public, the terms of the 7.125% Notes issued in June, 2008 are identical to and trade interchangeably with, the 7.125% Notes which were originally issued in June, 2006.
Carrying amount of debt			3,690,000,000
Fair value of debt			$ 3,700,000,000