Photo shows up blank/black

For the first time an occasional image is showing up blank in the thumbnails. it's black w/number, rating, alteration arrows, just no image. when i scroll through different views -- 'v' -- the proper image is there: full screen, above the list, etc., but not in the thumbnails.
when i exported with a group, the blank image exported. when i exported by itself, the image exported properly.

Have a read of these ideas and see if any help, this is a good starting point.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2945
Specifically Perform a Consistency Check on the library and rebuild the library.
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