Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Income Taxes (Tables) [Abstract]

Provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011		2010			2009
CURRENT:
Federal	$	612	$	(39,210	)	$	(28,797	)
State		1,409		1,061			1,268
Total current provision (benefit)		2,021		(38,149	)		(27,529	)
DEFERRED:
Federal		4,162		(1,460	)		34,878
State		1,237		(1,858	)		2,394
Effect of tax law change		—		749			—
Total deferred provision (benefit)		5,399		(2,569	)		37,272
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	7,420	$	(40,718	)	$	9,743

Effective tax rate as applied to pre-tax income or loss from continuing operations

	2011			2010			2009
U.S. federal statutory rate		35	%		35	%		35	%
State taxes (net of federal tax benefit and change in valuation allowance)		15	%		1	%		22	%
Permanent items		0	%		-1	%		0	%
Federal tax credits		-8	%		1	%		-7	%
Federal valuation allowance		-2	%		-4	%		0	%
Effect of tax law change		0	%		-1	%		0	%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits		2	%		0	%		8	%
		42	%		31	%		58	%

Components of Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities

	2011			2010
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS:
Accounting reserves and accruals	$	32,521		$	33,615
Defined benefit plan		10,898			4,872
Investments in stock and derivatives		1,081			5,002
Rent escalation		24,574			22,443
Federal and State net operating loss carryforwards		113,015			74,606
Tax credits and other carryforwards		6,263			4,293
Investments in partnerships		3,323			3,796
Other assets		16,568			14,113
Total deferred tax assets		208,243			162,740
Valuation allowance		(19,222	)		(18,097	)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		189,021			144,643
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES:
Property and equipment, net		272,925			222,659
Goodwill and other intangibles		2,922			1,685
Other liabilities		12,752			14,944
Total deferred tax liabilities		288,599			239,288
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	99,578		$	94,645

Reconciliation of beginning and ending gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits

	2011			2010			2009
Unrecognized tax benefits at beginning of year	$	18,952		$	16,123		$	12,417
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to the current year		(286	)		3,084			1,818
Additions for tax positions of prior years		147			10,293			3,937
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(4,672	)		(10,548	)		(2,049	)
Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year	$	14,141		$	18,952		$	16,123