Income (Loss) Per Common and Potential Common Share (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON AND POTENTIAL COMMON SHARE [Abstract]
NET INCOME	$ 388,729	$ 4,417,241	$ 7,285,932	$ 21,544,549
Less: Preferred stock dividends	0	(7,500)	0	(22,500)
INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE - Basic
NET INCOME (LOSS) APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK	388,729	4,409,741	7,285,932	21,522,049
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING: Basic (in shares)	87,330,865	87,269,433	87,310,752	85,998,197
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE: Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.05	$ 0.08	$ 0.25
INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE - Diluted
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic	388,729	4,409,741	7,285,932	21,522,049
Add: Preferred stock dividends	0	0	0	22,500
Less: Fair value stock warrants for dilutive warrants	0	(5,050,520)	(5,399,569)	(2,790,337)
NET INCOME (LOSS) APPLICABLE TO DILUTIVE COMMON STOCK	$ 388,729	$ (640,779)	$ 1,886,363	$ 18,754,212
Effect of dilutive securites
Dilutive stock awards	72,362	0	1,012	1,503,743
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Call Options and Warrants	0	1,970,813	0	3,024,798
Dilutive preferred share conversions	1,139,600	0	1,139,600	2,034,972
Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment	1,211,962	1,970,813	1,140,612	6,563,513
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING - Diluted: (in shares)	88,542,827	89,240,246	88,451,364	92,561,710
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE: Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ (0.01)	$ 0.02	$ 0.20
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount	15,406,081	4,339,789	15,582,548	17,344,134