A ratio calculated by dividing the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the period by GAAP-basis pretax income from continuing operations.

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The domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable under enacted tax laws to the Company's pretax income from continuing operations for the period. The "statutory" tax rate is the regular tax rate if there are alternative tax systems.

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This element represents the total of accruals as of the date of the statement of financial position for interest recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity and the amount of statutory penalties for a tax position claimed or expected to be claimed by the entity, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties.

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This element represents the total of interest expense recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity and the amount of statutory penalties in the period in which the entity claims or expects to claim a tax position, in its tax return, that does not meet the minimum statutory threshold to avoid payment of penalties.

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate			20.00%	22.00%
Federal effective income tax rate			35.00%
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 132,600,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest expense	0
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued	0	0
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	$ 79,600,000
Open tax years by major tax jurisdiction			from 2000 forward