OS X Mavericks cannot create a new partition on main hard drive

I am trying to partition the primary hard drive on my MBP (late 2011 model; 8,2) with OS X 10.9 installed. Every time I try to partition it. I get a "Partition Falied" error (see picture below). I tried repairing all permissions on that HD and still have the same problem.

Please Help!!!!!

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