Removing folder from Finder Favorites??

I created a folder a while back called 'pics' to put in photos that I was editing. I put a shortcut to the folder in the favorites list in Finder. I recently reorganised my folders and decided that I no longer required the folder. I deleted it from Finder. However, I have just noticed that the 'pics' folder is still on the Finder Favorites list. I have tried to drag it to the trash as well as delete it from the list to no avail. It is still there! When I click on it to see if anything is in it it does nothing. I can move it etc but not delete. Does anyone have any idea how to remove it?

A year or two later and you're still helping people, very impressive! A quick google search brought me straight here. I'd been longing to get rid of these old burn folders for months especially with their icon that looks worryingly like the radioactive hazard symbol. Maybe you can also explain exactly what the point of the favorites list in finder is in the first place as it seems to cause no end of problems. Many thanks.

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That's the point. There should be an easier way. But putting them into a playlist before deleting them would be even more work than just deleting them the first time you click them. So this isn't really helpful either.
Ed's answer was helpful because he addressed the concerns of the original poster. But it also illustrated the need for iTunes programmers to include a feature to remove a folder from your iTunes library as easily as you can add them. If the best way to remove 200GB worth of music from your itunes library is to change the file extensions, then click to delete every single file with an exclamation point next to it; there is quite simply a flaw in design.
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