Cannot Drag Photos to reorganize or to albums!

I installed the latest iPhoto update 7.0.2 on August 31 and now I cannot drag my photos anywhere! I cannot manually arrange them either. After much looking in these discussions I took a look at my console.log file and I think this is a bug. Here is a snippet I feel is relative from my log file;
2007-09-16 11:30:22.543 iPhoto[3909] CoreDragCreate error: -4960
2007-09-16 11:30:24.338 iPhoto[3909] CoreDragCreate error: -4960
2007-09-16 11:31:55.469 iPhoto[3909] CoreDragCreate error: -4960
2007-09-16 11:32:00.372 iPhoto[3909] CoreDragCreate error: -4960
2007-09-16 11:32:36.490 iPhoto[3909] CoreDragCreate error: -4960
2007-09-16 11:32:40.972 iPhoto[3909] CoreDragCreate error: -4960
2007-09-16 10:45:26.214 SyndicationAgent[8797] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sun 16 Sep 2007 08:34:27 -800'
2007-09-16 10:45:26.215 SyndicationAgent[8797] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sun 16 Sep 2007 08:34:27 -800'
2007-09-16 10:45:26.216 SyndicationAgent[8797] WARNING: BestCalendarDateFromString - can't interpret: 'Sun 16 Sep 2007 08:34:27
Can anyone help? I need to put together a presentation and I am totally stuck here!
Thanks,
Arlee

Arlee:
Launch Font Book and check to see that you have the Helvetica Neue font installed and activated. It it is listed, deactivate it and then reactivate and then try iPhoto again.
If you don't have it installed you can use Pacifist to find, extract and install it from your system install disk that came with your Mac. Or you can download it from Toad's Cellar.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

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