Firefox opens but will not search for main page

After upgrading to Fiefox 4.01, when I open firefox and I type in the search bar that appears in the middle of the page it won't search. It does nothing. I can go to the top-right bar which is currently using yahoo search engine, type and it will search.

I have tried entering Mozilla Firefox in safe mode and attempted to load webpages but nothing happened as before. I refreshed firefox and that solved the problem and i was able to launch webpages... BUT. once i closed the browser and had to use it again the same problem came up and i was no longer able to open webpages again, thus requiring me to refresh yet again. of course this is no conducive to do each and every time as i will lose all saved information, bookmarks, etc.
any further thoughts on what to attempt next would be greatly appreciated. I have used Firefox for more than 8 years and have never encountered this anomaly.

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