Dock is messed up. Can't add any new apps to dock or move apps within it.

Not only am I unable to add anything to the dock; I cannot move any of the applications already in the dock around. Also, the finder icon disappeared from the dock, as did the itunes icon. now i cannot add those back onto dock. Please help.
thanks,
chris

First thing to try is removing the preference file for the Dock:
"/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist"
Then log out and back in or restart. The Dock should return to its default state.
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