Debt Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Debt as of December 31 was as follows:

	2017			2016
	(In thousands)
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
4.625% Senior Notes due December 2027	550,000			—
Term Loan due December 2022	675,000			—
Term Loan due March 2021	—			673,750
Bank Credit Facility due March 2021	—			350,000
Obligations under capital leases	197,232			208,758
Mortgage notes and other debt, maturities through 2050	6,036			3,753
Unamortized premiums (discounts) and other, net	7,456			8,313
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(38,071		)	(32,984		)
Total debt	3,472,653			3,286,590
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt	(337,337		)	(89,974		)
Total long-term debt	$	3,135,316		$	3,196,616

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, 2017 and thereafter, excluding unamortized premiums (discounts) and debt issuance costs (in thousands):

2018	$	342,786
2019	64,665
2020	270,423
2021	216,731
2022	976,331
2023 and thereafter	1,632,332
Total debt maturities	$	3,503,268

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 2017	$	160,843
Payments in 2016	$	156,950
Payments in 2015	$	164,748

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016			2015
	(In thousands)
Net change in capital expenditure accrual	$	223	$	(1,435	)	$	5,571
Options exercised by attestation	$	—	$	—		$	122
Shares repurchased	$	—	$	—		$	(122	)
Non-cash acquisition of capital leases	$	54,087	$	41,609		$	55,941

Schedule of future cash interest payments [Table Text Block]

ash interest payments for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2017 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

Payments in 2018	$	160,076
Payments in 2019	144,948
Payments in 2020	143,879
Payments in 2021	133,972
Payments in 2022	92,235
Payments in 2023 and thereafter	264,398
Total expected cash interest payments	$	939,508