Finder windows not coming to front and other issues

Hey Guys,
I've been having some issues with finder not coming to the front when clicking on the Finder icon on the dock, like it used to.
Also, if I have a finder window on the front, and I click to an application behind it, the application doesn't come back in front again.
Anyone else having these issues, anyone know of a fix? Not sure if it's related, but in the force quit window, finder is shown twice?
It's happening on both my macbook pro and my mac pro, both running mavericks.

Do you have StuffIt Deluxe installed? If so, see this thread:
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What is happening is that your Finder is crashing.
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