IPhoto 6 doesn't recongnize my RAW images

I have a Canon 20D and it worked fine with iPhoto 5, but now that I upgraded to iPhoto 6, when it attempts to import, it seems to be working, and then lists all of the RAW images and won't open then, can't read them. I tried converting them to DNG's too and it won't open them either. The finder can see the images, but iPhoto doesn't work at all.
The Beta of Adobe Lightbox does work fine, but I like to store my images in iPhoto for ease. What is going on? Anywyone have any idea?

I found this article on JPEGs and RAW while trying to get support to open my DNG files in iPhoto:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300876
Your JPEG is like a Photoshop sidecar. Your original should be there if reverted. Hope it helps.
B.

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Note: If you also use a Pentax *ist DS camera, these instructions will probably disable support for that particular device due to the modifications made to a system file. Only complete these instructions if you want to use a *ist DL camera.
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http://idisk.mac.com/macintosh_tech-Public
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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29521
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http://senduit.com/c6efbc
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