Selection Tool not allowing me to move shapes

I need your help.
The Selection Tool is not allowing me to move shapes. It allows me to Resize them by the achor points, but won't let me move them.
Any suggestions?
I use Adobe Illustrator CS5 for Mac OSX.
Thanks!

Try nudging with the up/down arrow keys. Does that work? Does a Move command (Cmd+Shift+M) work?
If so, could it be that Object Selection by Path Only is checked in Selection & Anchor Display prefs? If so, uncheck it.

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