I am so happy you have no idea!!!
ok so the solution was to remove coreutils without removing it since it requires removing about the entire os.
solution found here http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2006-10/msg00759.html
rpm -e --nodeps --justdb coreutils yum install coreutils
and everything is just like new! thanks everyone who tried to help. YB.