I can't cut and paste text in any app, between apps, drag drop...

OSX 10.7.2: iMAC 24" FLAT-PANEL/ 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/ 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
I have owned and used my iMac since late in 2008 (although mine is an early 2008 model).
Starting this evening (10 December 2011) I can't copy/paste text from the clipboard any longer. For example, I can't select and copy a URL then paste it in another tab of the same browser. Nothing is pasted.
Dragging and dropping text from one browser window to another also doesn't work, nor from one browser URL bar to another browser bar.
In sum, the most BASIC COPY/PASTING TEXT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL ANY LONGER!!! Drag and drop ditto. Most frustrating!
Anybody else had this problem suddenly come upon them??? Suggestions, advice.
Thanks. Tomeg
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p.s. btw restarting the mac or shutting down booting up doesn't get rid of the problem. Next I will try unplugging everything then reconnecting.
Haven't tried resetting PRAM yet. That will be my next and last resort.

Oops! I discovered yesterday that *the real problem with my keyboard was (is) a diagonal "row" of keys isn't functioning*! Unfortunately, the four keys are 'c, d, e, and 3/#'; hence, losing the '⌘-c' or "copy" function.
Still, it helped some that I could employ the right-click with my wireless "magic mouse."
Fortunately I remembered this morning that I had a perfectly good UBS keyboard with keypad from my previous Mac.
A good learning experience! Thank you all for your help!!! (:
Tom(eg)
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