IMovie '11 Project - What is happening to my photos added?

I've got a project 75% completed in iMovie. All videos added, and photos were being added with no problem. Now when I try to add a photo, as I highlight it and drag to the project, anywhere in the project, a photo I deleted comes up instead of the photo I'm trying to copy. It shows up with a grey bar in front of it, in the middle of it, and at the end of it. Always the same old deleted photo, never the one I'm trying to copy. Tried insert a photo in different spots, different photos, and deleted the entire clip but it still keeps happening. I'm sure I've done something, just don't know what it is to be able to undo it! When I hit the space bar to preview in the viewer, the old deleted photo that is showing in the clip doesn't even show up in the viewer. ***?

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