Firefox v15.0.1 Back button disappears

I'm having trouble whenever I left-click a link in a webpage, the link opens in the same tab, but then the back button is grayed out and unavailable. I tried backing up my bookmarks and then created an entirely new profile, restored my bookmarks. Still having the same problem using the new profile. I tried "Delete localstore.rdf or rename the file to localstore.rdf.sav in the Profile Folder to test if the file is corrupted." and it does not help. Below is one of the pages:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/romney-path-270-no-margin-error-112835568.html
Scroll down to the Explore Related Content section and left-click the following link:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/romney-path-270-no-margin-error-112835568.html
which opens the link in the same tab, and the back button becomes grayed out and unavailable. I only started having this problem after upgrading to Firefox v15.0.1 from Firefox 12.x.x. This problem happens often with many websites whenever I left-click a link, but not every website I go to.
This problem also occurs exactly the same using a different, older computer (2.8 Ghz processor, 1 Gb RAM) and running Windows XP Pro and Firefox 15.0.1.

Follow up: Deleting my places.sqlite file semi-fixed it. The back button appeared after clicking the second video link, but it brings me back here instead of to the main Yahoo page.

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