Debt Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Debt as of December 31 was as follows:

	2016			2015
	(In thousands)
7.0% Senior Notes due June 2017	$	—		$	295,000
7.625% Senior Notes due October 2018	250,000			250,000
4.5% Senior Notes due November 2020	200,000			200,000
8.0% Senior Notes due November 2021	150,000			150,000
5.375% Senior Notes due January 2022	425,000			425,000
5.375% Senior Notes due May 2024	850,000			850,000
7.5% Senior Notes due April 2027	200,000			200,000
Term Loan due July 2018	—			310,000
Bank Credit Facility due July 2018	—			270,000
Term Loan due March 2021	673,750			—
Bank Credit Facility due March 2021	350,000			—
Obligations under capital leases	208,758			204,246
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	3,753			4,037
Unamortized premiums (discounts) and other, net	8,313			8,636
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(32,984		)	(42,491		)
Total debt	3,286,590			3,124,428
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	(89,974		)	(86,823		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,196,616		$	3,037,605

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the aggregate maturities of our debt for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2016 and thereafter, excluding unamortized premiums (discounts) and debt issuance costs (in thousands):

2017	$	94,725
2018	350,609
2019	74,169
2020	295,231
2021	647,792
2022 and thereafter	1,848,735
	$	3,311,261

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Cash interest payments for the three years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):

Payments in 2016	$	156,950
Payments in 2015	$	164,748
Payments in 2014	$	175,327

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016			2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Net change in capital expenditure accrual	$	(1,435	)	$	5,571		$	1,022
Options exercised by attestation	$	—		$	122		$	761
Shares repurchased	$	—		$	(122	)	$	(761	)
Non-cash acquisition of capital leases	$	41,609		$	55,941		$	35,422

Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block]

ash interest payments for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2016 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

Payments in 2017	$	152,682
Payments in 2018	$	147,342
Payments in 2019	$	132,269
Payments in 2020	$	130,745
Payments in 2021	$	99,515
Payments in 2022 and thereafter	$	197,077