My computer can not be muted

My computer can't be muted. In the past few days, the sound will automatically go to the highest level. If I push mute (after rebooting) it will stay off for perhaps 5 minutes. As long as my computer is on, it stays at the highest level. The sound icon(?) shows on my desktop the whole time also (quite annoying when trying to type a letter, etc). Also there is a continuous dripping noise ( I guess it's an alert sound) that never stops. It is even there when playing songs in iTunes.

I tried unplugging the keyboard--didn't make a difference.
I thought I'd run disk utitiity to check things out (not that it would necessarily tell me anything), but I'm guessing the following isn't a good sign:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file Temp File.tmp
(It should be 25 instead of 0)
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair

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