Dragging files causes Lion to freeze.

Whenever I try to drag a file from my desktop to a folder in finder, the document will relocate when I drop it however an image of the document remains somewhere in the path of the drag and I cannot select anything with my cursor. This forces me to restart my computer every time I try to drag a file.

I'm having a similar issue, but my document does not relocate and the image in the path of the drag sticks to my mouse. Switching into Mission Control usually shakes it, but I'm unable to move files—this has been happening in Lion for the last five days or so.
Any ideas? I've repaired permissions, looked for updates, and I don't have USB Overdrive. I do have a Logitech mouse with the supplied driver.
jhall527 wrote:
Whenever I try to drag a file from my desktop to a folder in finder, the document will relocate when I drop it however an image of the document remains somewhere in the path of the drag and I cannot select anything with my cursor. This forces me to restart my computer every time I try to drag a file.

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