Password to move items to the trash on my iMac?

Today, my iMac started asking me for my password to move items to the trash. In addition, if I do put the password in, it automatically deletes the file from the trash.
This does not happen when I move items from external drives to the trash.
I'm using an iMac 24 inch with Mountain Lion (10.8.5).
Any suggestions?

I've got one more question. I just ran verify permissions on my iMac (Mountain Lion 10.8.5), and it says the permissions are incorrect for iTunes, Safari, java and shows a warning.
Typically the permissions say:
"Permissions differ on “Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/ca.lproj/AskUser.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/ca.lproj/AskUserWide.nib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin”; should be lrwxr-xr-x ; they are drwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lproj/BookmarkTitleChange.nib ”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on “Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/BookmarkTitleChange.n ib”; should be drwxr-xr-x ; they are -rwxr-xr-x ."
The warning says:
"Warning: SUID file “System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent” has been modified and will not be repaired."
Any suggestions?

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