Address book adding multiple entries

My address book has been having problems recently. It seems to randomly double add duplicate groups. I'll start with a single group "mycontacts" for example. Then I will come back after a while and have multiple "mycontacts" groups.
I have no idea what might be causing this. Anyone else seeing this kind of behavior?

Hi,
I have the same problem... and more. I can't erase these ghost contacts (unnamed or duplicated). So, even if I can import contacts back from Time Machine (thanks I done that), my Address Book is still a mess. And more... I have three different sessions on my Mac. The contact of one Address Books goes into another without control. I also use MobileMe and had trouble with syncing.
Can someone help ?

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