Icons not staying in dock!

Today, for no apparent reason several of my application icons refuse to stay in Dock, including Safari, Address Book and Mail. When I move the icons to the doc after 2-3 seconds they move out. When I right clock and check "Keep in Dock", it does not remain checked and does not show "remove from dock". I already tried reloading my Mobileme preferences with my Macbook, and it didn't work.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks

this still is most likely a mobileme problem. how exactly did you reload mobileme preferences?
try this link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1497
if that does not work reset the whole sync folder as described here
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627

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Some icons won't stay in my dock when I drag them from the applications folder, but others will.
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