MacBook Pro doesn't respond to power button

My 15-inch MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB RAM and running OS 10.9.4, (just purchased earlier this year) does not respond to the power button correctly anymore. When I press the power button, I used to get a dialog box where I could put it to sleep, restart, or shutdown. Nothing happens anymore. If I hold down the power button, it does respond to that and goes to sleep. And of course the power button works to turn on the computer if the computer is off.
I have reset the PRAM and the power management system.
Any thoughts as to why I can't shut down my computer with the power button?

Wow, that was a fast response. Thank you so much. Before I reset everything though, this is not how it was working. It was putting it to sleep when I held the power button for two seconds. Now, which I did not try holding the power button after I reset everything, just tried pressing it once, I get the dialog box when I hold it for two seconds. The one thing that is still not working though that this article states is that when I press the power button once, it does not put the computer to sleep, it does nothing. But at least I get the dialog box now if I hold it for two seconds. Thanks!

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0   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x000000010548ea26 getDBFForUniquedValue + 44
1   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x000000010548f169 inflateDBO2 + 1494
2   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x000000010549a059 db2_get_obj_callback + 617
3   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x000000010537a804 si_remapForIndex + 133
4   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x0000000105388daf InnerMerge + 2991
5   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x0000000105389272 OuterMerge + 1021
6   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x000000010537982a si_mergeIndex + 3552
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8   com.apple.spotlight.index               0x000000010538dc17 work_fun + 746
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10 libdispatch.dylib                       0x0000000106689f66 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 54
11 libdispatch.dylib                       0x000000010668a0d4 _dispatch_queue_drain + 210
12 libdispatch.dylib                       0x0000000106689f66 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 54
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14 libdispatch.dylib                       0x0000000106689f66 _dispatch_queue_invoke + 54
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17 libsystem_c.dylib                       0x000000010675bb85 start_wqthread + 13
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