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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:



	(in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	16,062
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	288
Additions for tax positions of prior years	390
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(38		)
Reductions due to lapse of applicable statute of limitations	(1,496		)
Settlements	—
Balance at March 31, 2012	$	15,206

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of unrecognized tax benefits for which a material change is reasonably possible in the next twelve months, typically including the nature of the uncertainty, the event(s) that could cause a material change, and an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made. An unrecognized tax benefit is the difference between a tax position taken in a tax return and the amounts recognized in the financial statements for which it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits of the position, that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination.

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