Taking out the trash?

I have about a dozen files in my trash that won't delete. They say their being used by another program but I don't have anything running. I have no idea how they got there or how to remove them. Do they need to be restored?
thanks for any help.

Damon,
Please read Solving Trash Problems, by Dr. Smoke for a possible solution to your problem.
;~)

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The translation service require me to follow a fairly lengthy list of technical requirements and one stipulates that none of the text may have the + symbol appearing on any of the paragraph styling.
As the formatting wonk in a translation firm, please allow me to thank you for actually doing this. The kind of client we all want to have! FYI, this means that they're going to be using a computer-aided translation tool, so the styling will ostensibly be perfectly preserved and not manually tweaked by a translator whose expertise lies in eye surgery, not in setting type.
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Hi,
That information is wrong. You can buy it http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Lenovo+S430&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nk...
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