Can't move or trash files

I hope this isn't something really stupid that I have overlooked or some feature I didn't know was on. I have been using Apple/Mac since the Lisa, yes the Lisa, and feel fairly confident that I know my way around but I'm stumped.
I have never had this happen before but on my MacBook using OSX 10.5.7 I suddenly can't move or trash some files. Not a certain type, some are .doc files, some .wmv files, nothing consistent. If I try to move a file to the trash it asks for a password, it then looks like its transferring the file, but then nothing goes to the trash. The file is still where it originally was.
I tried to just move the files to another folder. All that happens is that it copies the file to the folder an leaves the original file where it was. I CAN trash and delete the file copy that was created but not the original.
The files are not locked, the permissions are correct, etc. I don't know where to go from here.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

first verify your hard drive with disk utility. verify disk, not permissions. any errors? if not I would check that the permissions are correct despite what you say. are all those files in your home directory? select one of the files and do the following. open terminal and type
ls -ladeO@
do not press enter yet. press space. then drag an offending file to the terminal window.
the result should look like this
ls -ladeO@ /path/to/file
press enter in terminal. this will list permissions, flags and ACLs on this file. post the results please.

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