Lion always starts in recovery mode

I installed Lion a couple of weeks ago, and it's worked pretty much fine, with one major problem. Whenever I start the machine, it has now begun to boot up in recovery mode, as though I were holding down command-R. I then re-start, and it starts normally, although after a longer-than-normal pause at the pre-Apple-logo white-screen part of the process.
This is obviously annoying, but I can still get my work done.
Does anyone know why this is happening?
I'm running a Mac Pro 2X2.66 GHz Dual-Dore Xeon machine with 3 GB RAM. Lion is running on a 400GB internal drive.
Thank you.

pedro3178,
Thank you for the suggestion. I would never have thought having more than 1 bluetooth device trying to connect would interfere with the system booting up. You have saved me a lot of frustration. I will definitely have to change my start up routine but it will be worth to save me from always having to restart.
Dave_4321,
Thanks as well for your comments. I was afraid this was only an issue with my machine. It sounds like this bug may be common to iMac's at least starting with the mid-2010 machines.
My machine is an i5 mid-2010 27 inch model. I have had the wireless mouse, keyboard, and trackpad since I got the computer and have pretty much had the issue from the start. This makes sense based on pedro3178's comments.
Again, my thanks to both of you for your comments.

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I have searched the forums for hours now, but I can't seen to find an answer to my question, so I'd like to ask it.
Recently my system partition failed due to frequent kernel panics caused by a cable in the screen I think. The kernel panics still occur, but I don't know what to do with them.
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Anonymous UUID:       1274EFCD-E218-10BE-D151-4A6D21C8611B
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*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800f21e80a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f91745895, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000000000021f0, CR3: 0x000000000584e00c, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff802238c298, RCX: 0xffffff7f91757e00, RDX: 0xffffff802238c298
RSP: 0xffffff8117af3890, RBP: 0xffffff8117af38a0, RSI: 0x0000000000000002, RDI: 0xffffff8022141000
R8: 0xffffff8021867600, R9: 0xffffff8117af3be0, R10: 0x0000000000000008, R11: 0xffffff8117af3b90
R12: 0xffffff8117af3940, R13: 0xffffff7f91757ecc, R14: 0xffffff8117af39e0, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7f91745895, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
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Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8117af3540 : 0xffffff800f13a811
0xffffff8117af35c0 : 0xffffff800f21e80a
0xffffff8117af3780 : 0xffffff800f23a443
0xffffff8117af37a0 : 0xffffff7f91745895
0xffffff8117af38a0 : 0xffffff7f91757e14
0xffffff8117af38c0 : 0xffffff7f91757ef5
0xffffff8117af38e0 : 0xffffff800f6d566e
0xffffff8117af3920 : 0xffffff7f91757f60
0xffffff8117af3970 : 0xffffff7f91718d44
0xffffff8117af3990 : 0xffffff7f91718e81
0xffffff8117af3a10 : 0xffffff7f918c166d
0xffffff8117af3a70 : 0xffffff800f6d566e
0xffffff8117af3ab0 : 0xffffff7f918c19ac
0xffffff8117af3b00 : 0xffffff7f91718e81
0xffffff8117af3b80 : 0xffffff7f91718855
0xffffff8117af3bc0 : 0xffffff800f700003
0xffffff8117af3d00 : 0xffffff800f1ea517
0xffffff8117af3e10 : 0xffffff800f13e91c
0xffffff8117af3e40 : 0xffffff800f1235a3
0xffffff8117af3e90 : 0xffffff800f133e8d
0xffffff8117af3f10 : 0xffffff800f20a142
0xffffff8117af3fb0 : 0xffffff800f23ac66
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f8fe20000
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            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.7.21)[4700601D-3FEB-3B86-B2BA-8D71AF84D1 C4]@0xffffff7f91718000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: displaypolicyd
Mac OS version:
14A389
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide:     0x000000000ee00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800f000000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff800ef00000
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 47944526008
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[http://imageshack.us/m/593/9760/firefoxsavemode.jpg http://imageshack.us/m/593/9760/firefoxsavemode.jpg]
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Here is the report from EtreCheck:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated 7 Jun 2014 13:53:53 GMT+2
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:15:13
Disk Information:
          Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series disk0 : (256,06 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Suzannes SSD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 255,2 GB (104,69 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H
USB Information:
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
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Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
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          [kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.10) Support
          [kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.10) Support
          [kext loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.10) Support
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          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
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Lion 10.7.5 Recovery install loops and will not complete install.

Hi on my Mid 2009 Macbook Pro with 8GB Ram it seems that a virus got into the system and was causing Safari to crash then affected iTunes, MS Word 2008, and others to malfunction.
Steps taken:
1. Started in recovery mode on Recovery Partiion selected and recovered from TimeMachine backup
2. On start up checked Software update and said All Up to Date.
3. Safari still quiting unexpectedly.
4. Started in recovery mode on Recovery Partiion selected and Installed new OS X Lion from recovery. This would not complete after 2 attempts was starting to loop. It will show the blue bar that it has 2 hrs 22 min, 1 hr 11 min, 34 min 32 ...etc then after 2 min it will then say -1,384,587,231 hours to complete, then go back to about 34 min. the blue bar is filled 100% at this point. Then it will do it all over and over again.
I restarted and things appeared to be working okay. I left the computer on with one web page and a Word file open while I did work on another computer. It started a new Time Machine backup and seemed to be doing fine. Then I heard it restart itself! I checked to see what would happen. It showed the grey progress bar below the apple logo like it is starting in Safe Mode, then the progress bar disappeared before completing and it just shows the spining icon for over an hour? It appeared to be screwed. I shut the computer off and same result to restart.
5. Started in recovery mode on Recovery Disk usb drive selected and erased Hard Drive to Mac OS (Extened Journaled).
Tested OK after erase.
6. Ran Recover Lion again, and again and again same result.
7. Left running overnight, and still running the loop and not completing.
8. Reset SMC
9. Reset PRAM
10. Erased hard drive again formated Mac OS (Extened Journaled)
11. Started in recovery mode on Recovery Disk usb drive Installed new OS X Lion from recovery - Same result loops and Never completes
12. downloaded RecoveryDiskAssistant.dmg and created a new Lion Recovery usb
13. Erased hard drive again formated Mac OS (Extened Journaled)
14. Started in recovery mode on Recovery Disk new usb drive Installed new OS X Lion from recovery - Same result loops and Never completes
That is where I am at at this point. The drive is new (within 2 months or so since installed) and it reformats okay and seems to test okay in Disk Utiliy
I had also used the Terminal to run diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ MacHD "/Volumes/disk0"
This did erase the disk and had tried Lion recovery install again and still fails. I would even try Mountain Lion, but have not upgraded to it yet. I think I need the computer working to purchase and install it.
I checked the TimeMachine back up disk on my iMac and disk utility says it needs repairs, when repairing it just goes and goes with no result and does not seem to be able to repair.
So at this point I would like to just get the laptop to install an operating system and work. Then I will see if there is a way to recover files on the time machine back up disk.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ben

I have even reinstalled Safari to no avail.
The only way to reinstall Safari on a Mac running Lion or Mountain Lion is to reinstall OS X using OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery
You mentioned that you have v10.7.5 installed but I see v10.8.1 in your profile ??
Exactly which OS X is installed ???
Troubleshooting suggestions may be based on that information.

Lion always starts in recovery mode

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