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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] | SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS Years Ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (In thousands)
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Acquired by Purchase or Merger |  | Charged to Cost and Expense (A) |  | Accounts Written Off |  | Other |  | Balance at End of Year
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | $ | 20,392 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,394 |  |  | (6,204 | ) |  | (218 | ) |  | $ | 20,364 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | $ | 21,238 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 5,162 |  |  | (6,481 | ) |  | 417 |  |  | $ | 20,392 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |  | $ | 26,815 |  |  | 73 |  |  | 5,693 |  |  | (10,013 | ) |  | (1,330 | ) |  | $ | 21,238 |
(A) Net of recoveries on previously reserved or written-off balances. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Acquired by Purchase or Merger |  | Additions |  | Reductions |  | Other |  | Balance at End of Year
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |  | $ | 18,887 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3,333 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | 15,554 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |  | $ | 20,855 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,968 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | 18,887 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance |  | $ | 35,486 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (14,631 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | 20,855 |
LIFO Reserve |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Acquired by Purchase or Merger |  | Charged to Cost and Expense |  | Reductions |  | Other |  | Balance at End of Year
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO Reserve |  | $ | 55,506 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,484 | ) |  | — |  |  | $ | 53,022 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO Reserve |  | $ | 55,345 |  |  | — |  |  | 161 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 55,506 |
Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LIFO Reserve |  | $ | 45,742 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,603 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 55,345 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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