Firefox, Microsoft word, iPhoto, and more won't open.

Basically, everything except Safari and Photo Booth continuously refuse to open. I click on them, the icon bounces for a good minute or so, and then I get a pop-up window saying it closed unexpectedly. I don't know if this helps, but here's the detailed information...
Process: Microsoft Word [1102]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft Word.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Word
Identifier: com.microsoft.Word
Version: 12.2.2 (12.2.2)
Build Info: Unknown-90817~0
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [82]
Date/Time: 2010-11-10 13:53:15.199 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D2084)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 872543 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 257
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 1347793 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Anonymous UUID: 892F90B7-FC3D-4E20-9C1A-521E0EAB9CB2
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling firefox four times. After the last uninstall, I didn't even reinstall it. Safari is extremely slow on my computer, and YouTube refuses to work, as well. What should I do?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
The first thing to try is to repair your hard drive. Boot from your install disc, choose your language, and then navigate to Disk Utility from the menu bar. Go to the First Aid tab and select your hard drive and then "Repair Disk". Repair it until there is nothing left to repair.
When done, you might want to update your software if you are still running 10.6.3--I believe that 10.6.5 is out now.
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