Yo man, I'm having a similar problem. My SSP crashed after I entered in creative mode and set out some redstone wireless receivers and transmitters. After I set them down, I picked one back up using the "pick block" feature and the game crashed after saying "shutting down internal server" or something of the sort. trying to move my character in MC Edit and see if it has similar results to you.
EDIT: Tried moving a great distance away. Still announces "shutting down internal server". I wonder if it has to do with inventory. I'm going to try what you tried; deleting all panels in the area, and see if that works out in my favor.
EDIT: Did not help at all. Looking for any suggestions... :/