"Not Charging" even though light is green

My MacBook Air just stopped charging. The power is connected, and is showing a green light but the icon in OS X shows "Not Charging". It will only run off AC power. I have tried resetting the PRAM multiple times and restarted a bunch of times as well.
I'd hate to have to take this in to the Apple Store, but do you guys have any ideas I could try before taking it in? Thanks in advance!

Yeah, there's definitely something wrong than I am afraid to say.
With ours, when it says 'not charging' it DOES power the system fine (i.e. does not discharge the battery!) and the battery does keep charge.
It looks like a call to AppleCare or the AppleStore is in order; they should replace your battery!
cheers
dan

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