Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 2,406,909	$ 2,405,916	$ 2,543,707
Delivery revenues	157,641	152,946	146,783
Total revenues	2,564,550	2,558,862	2,690,490
Cost of goods sold	2,123,040	2,105,190	2,097,745
Delivery costs	157,641	152,946	146,783
Cost of revenues	2,280,681	2,258,136	2,244,528
Gross profit	283,869	300,726	445,962
Selling, administrative and general expenses	289,993	327,537	321,608
Gain on sale of property, plant & equipment and businesses, net	47,752	59,302	27,104
Recovery from (charge for) legal settlement	46,404	(40,000)	0
Restructuring charges	(12,971)	0	0
Exchange offer costs	(2,227)	0	0
Other operating expense, net	(9,390)	(7,031)	(3,006)
Operating earnings (loss)	63,444	(14,540)	148,452
Other nonoperating income, net	2	3,074	5,307
Interest income	3,444	863	2,282
Interest expense	220,628	181,603	175,262
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	(153,738)	(192,206)	(19,221)
Provision for (benefit from) for income taxes
Current	14,318	(37,805)	6,106
Deferred	(92,801)	(51,858)	(43,975)
Total benefit from income taxes	(78,483)	(89,663)	(37,869)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(75,255)	(102,543)	18,648
Earnings on discontinued operations, net of income taxes (Note 2)	4,477	6,053	11,666
Net earnings (loss)	(70,778)	(96,490)	30,314
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Fair value adjustments to cash flow hedges	0	(481)	(2,748)
Reclassification adjustment for cash flow hedges	7,151	10,709	9,902
Adjustment for funded status of pension and postretirement benefit plans	(54,366)	3,201	(17,367)
Amortization of pension and postretirement benefit plans actuarial loss and prior service cost	7,710	3,590	1,138
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(39,505)	17,019	(9,075)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ (110,283)	$ (79,471)	$ 21,239
Basic earnings (loss) per share
Continuing operations	$ (0.58)	$ (0.80)	$ 0.16
Discontinued operations	$ 0.03	$ 0.05	$ 0.09
Net earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.55)	$ (0.75)	$ 0.25
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
Continuing operations	$ (0.58)	$ (0.80)	$ 0.16
Discontinued operations	$ 0.03	$ 0.05	$ 0.09
Net earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.55)	$ (0.75)	$ 0.25
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.76	$ 1.00	$ 1.48
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
Basic	129,381	128,050	118,891
Assuming dilution	129,381	128,050	119,430