Photo import problems...

For some reason, iPhoto isn't letting me import photo's anymore. (I've even tried to import photo's that I've already put on iPhoto...and still, nothing.) I'm getting a message that reads that the file format is unrecognizable or missing data.
There are only 1,000 photo's in my library right now, so I don't I've run out of room yet. I usually download my photo's to Fuji Fine Pix Viewer and then tranfer them to iphoto from there...and I've never run into a problem before. Has anyone else run into this? How can I fix this?
Thanks in advance for your help!

I've done both methods in the past. To import, I go to the file menu at iphoto and click on import...then select the photo's from FujiFinePix and import that way. What I usually do though, is just simply click on the photos in FujiFinePix and drag over to my iphoto...and simple as that, they're on iphoto. For some reason, I can't do either method...I've tested out photo's that I've had no trouble importing or transferring before!!! Crazy, isn't it?
Interestingly enough, as I was trying to figure out this last night, iphoto kept getting hung up on my computer. It was so bad twice that I couldn't even force quit and had to shut the computer down from the outlet. Which I know is a big no-no, but I just couldn't get unlocked.
Any ideas?

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