Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	NOTE 4: INCOME TAXES Our income tax provision and the corresponding annual effective tax rate are based on expected income, statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. For interim financial reporting, except in circumstances as described in the following paragraph, we estimate the annual effective tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and record a quarterly tax provision in accordance with the expected annual effective tax rate. As the year progresses, we refine the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available, including year-to-date financial results. This continual estimation process often results in a change to our expected annual effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, we adjust the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date income tax provision reflects the expected annual effective tax rate. Significant judgment is required in determining our annual effective tax rate and in evaluating our tax positions. When application of the expected annual effective tax rate is not reliable and distorts the income tax provision for an interim period, we calculate the income tax provision or benefit using the year-to-date effective tax rate in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740-270-30-18. This cut-off method results in an income tax provision or benefit based solely on the year-to-date pretax income or loss as adjusted for permanent differences on a pro rata basis. We recognize an income tax benefit associated with an uncertain tax position when, in our judgment, it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority. For a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, we initially and subsequently measure the income tax benefit as the largest amount that we judge to have a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority. Our liability associated with unrecognized tax benefits is adjusted periodically due to changing circumstances, such as the progress of tax audits, case law developments and new or emerging legislation. Such adjustments are recognized entirely in the period in which they are identified. We consider resolution for an issue to occur at the earlier of settlement of an examination, the expiration of the statute of limitations, or when the issue is effectively settled. Our income tax provision includes the net impact of changes in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits and subsequent adjustments as we consider appropriate. We record deferred tax assets to the extent we believe these assets will more likely than not be realized. In making such a determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, tax planning actions and strategies, projected future taxable income and recent financial operating results. If our determination regarding the realizability of our deferred tax assets changes, we would then adjust the valuation allowance. We recorded income tax benefits from continuing operations of $47,938,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $61,491,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The 2011 decrease in our income tax benefit, after the effect of the pretax loss at the statutory rate, resulted largely from a decrease in permanent income tax benefits from charitable contributions and an increase in discrete income tax adjustments. We recorded an income tax provision from continuing operations of $29,833,000 in the third quarter of 2011 compared to an income tax benefit of $6,048,000 in the third quarter of 2010. The current quarter’s income tax provision is the amount required so that the year-to-date benefit reflects the expected annual effective tax rate.

NOTE 4: INCOME TAXES

Our income tax provision and the corresponding annual effective tax rate are based on expected income, statutory tax rates and tax planning opportunities available in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. For interim financial reporting, except in circumstances as described in the following paragraph, we estimate the annual effective tax rate based on projected taxable income for the full year and record a quarterly tax provision in accordance with the expected annual effective tax rate. As the year progresses, we refine the estimates of the year’s taxable income as new information becomes available, including year-to-date financial results. This continual estimation process often results in a change to our expected annual effective tax rate for the year. When this occurs, we adjust the income tax provision during the quarter in which the change in estimate occurs so that the year-to-date income tax provision reflects the expected annual effective tax rate. Significant judgment is required in determining our annual effective tax rate and in evaluating our tax positions.

When application of the expected annual effective tax rate is not reliable and distorts the income tax provision for an interim period, we calculate the income tax provision or benefit using the year-to-date effective tax rate in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740-270-30-18. This cut-off method results in an income tax provision or benefit based solely on the year-to-date pretax income or loss as adjusted for permanent differences on a pro rata basis.

We recognize an income tax benefit associated with an uncertain tax position when, in our judgment, it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority. For a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, we initially and subsequently measure the income tax benefit as the largest amount that we judge to have a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority. Our liability associated with unrecognized tax benefits is adjusted periodically due to changing circumstances, such as the progress of tax audits, case law developments and new or emerging legislation. Such adjustments are recognized entirely in the period in which they are identified. We consider resolution for an issue to occur at the earlier of settlement of an examination, the expiration of the statute of limitations, or when the issue is effectively settled. Our income tax provision includes the net impact of changes in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits and subsequent adjustments as we consider appropriate.

We record deferred tax assets to the extent we believe these assets will more likely than not be realized. In making such a determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, tax planning actions and strategies, projected future taxable income and recent financial operating results. If our determination regarding the realizability of our deferred tax assets changes, we would then adjust the valuation allowance.

We recorded income tax benefits from continuing operations of $47,938,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $61,491,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The 2011 decrease in our income tax benefit, after the effect of the pretax loss at the statutory rate, resulted largely from a decrease in permanent income tax benefits from charitable contributions and an increase in discrete income tax adjustments. We recorded an income tax provision from continuing operations of $29,833,000 in the third quarter of 2011 compared to an income tax benefit of $6,048,000 in the third quarter of 2010. The current quarter’s income tax provision is the amount required so that the year-to-date benefit reflects the expected annual effective tax rate.