Finder does not launch

I have a Problem Report for Finder
Finder Quit Unexpectedly
Process: Finder (194)
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
Identifier: Finder
Version: ???
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Launchd (180)
Responsible: Finder (194)
User ID (501)
Date/Time: 2014-01-21 04:06:17.588 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.1 (13842)
Report version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 78877092-03A9-B8A3-C761-167991F5143
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception codes:
Application specific information:
dyld: launch, loading dependent libraries, ignoringing DYLD_* env vars
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore
Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Install.framework/Frameworks/DistributionKit. framework/Versions/A/DistributionKit
Reason: No suitable image found. Did find:
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaScriptCore.framework/Versions/A/JavaScriptCore: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00

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