Can't delete some trash on MacBook Pro

Tried several times including a reboot but about 200 small files are stuck in the trash. Anyone have any ideas? Yesterday I ran Disk Utility and fixed some permissions on hard drive but thinking maybe I should reinstall Lion. Am going to try to do SMC and PRAM resets first.

It means that some files are either open (probably not your case) or protected.
Apply extreme care before deleting protected files, as they may be needed by the OS.
To check which files have the problem run this command on a Terminal:
rm -rf ~/.Trash/
To delete all of the files, no questions asked, run this:
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/
You will be first ask to give your admin password.
I will not be to blame if you delete something that you shouldn't.

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