ICal unexpectedley closes & won't sync with iPhone

For some odd reason, my iCal closes 15-20 seconds after I open it. Furthermore, iCal will not sync with my iPhone anymore. This is odd, as it has worked fine in the past, and syncing with my iPhone has never been a problem. I suspect some recent software updates with either Mac OS X(10.4.11) iPhone or iTunes has triggered this new problem. But I'm at my wits end trying to figure this one out.
Can anyone help me?

Hi dsmith,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
Also, open Console in Utilities, then start iCal & watch for messages.

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