Screenshot cmd-shift-4 not working after startup

Guys, please help me. I have a 7 months old Imac running on OS X 10.9.4 with a bluetooth/wireless keyboard.
Recently my keyboard shortcut for screenshot (cmd-shift-4) stopped working. The funny thing is when I restart, the screenshot shortcut works for a minute or two and suddenly stops working again. I'm guessing is it one of the daemons/startup/login items?
I already tried:
-putting fresh batteries to the keyboard
-reinstalling Mavericks
-using another account name -
-checked the system preferences (under the keyboard shortcuts)
None of these worked. I use this function a lot in my work and it's driving me nuts for such a simple feature please help.
tion ~/Desktop/

If you boot into Safe Mode, does Command-Shift-4 continue to work
<http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564>
If you use Command-Control-Shift-4 to capture the screen shot into the copy/paste buffer and then use Applications -> Preview -> File -> New from Clipboard, does that work? I'm mostly checking if screen shot functionality works at all, or if it is just the creation of a file on the desktop, or if maybe some other function has taken over Command-Shift-4 hotkey.
If you look in Applications -> Utilities -> Console -> All Messages, do you get any message that might be related to screen capture at the exact moment you are trying to do a Command-Shift-4?

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