Retirement Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

(21) Retirement Plans

          The Company maintains a defined contribution 401(k) pension plan for substantially all of its full-time and part-time employees, as defined. The Company currently matches 50 percent of the employee’s contribution of up to 6 percent of compensation, as defined. The total Company contributions for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, were $0.4 million, $0.7 million, and $1.0 million, respectively.

          In September 2011, the Board of Directors authorized and directed the Compensation Committee to terminate the Company’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. As required by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, participants in the Plan will receive a payout of their accounts no earlier than 12 months after the termination of the Plan and no later than 24 months after such date. At December 31, 2011, $2.5 million of deferred compensation was included in other current liabilities. At December 31, 2010, $3.1 million of deferred compensation was included in other long-term liabilities. See Note 4, Marketable Securities relating to the investment of participants’ assets.