Address Book cmd-X deletes contact card

I have a big problem with Address Book. When ever I use cmd-X in the notes section of a contact card it deletes the whole card. Using cmd-V right away only pastes the text I intended to cut -- the missing card is apparently gone forever.
This is beyond frustrating when I loose notes that cannot be replaced.
What's going on?
Thanks,
Dan

When you reinstall, do you also restore your contacts from a backup?
If so, you may have brought over whatever it is that is causing you problems.
First, open Address Book and create an Address Book archive (File menu, export…)
Second, go into your user/Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder and delete the
AddressBook-v22.abcddb file. It is an index to the metadata (vCards).
Third, go into your user/Library/Preferences and delete the com.apple.addressbook.plist file. That is the Address Book preferences. So, you will have to edit them back to your liking if everything starts working correctly.
Now, try Address Book and see if it works ok.
If you are syncing with MobileMe, you might consider resetting sync services if the problem returns.
Also, can you post a crash report? You can find them in Console, look in the CrashReporter section under ~/Library/Logs--just copy and paste it here.

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