Can't change home page preference

I have a new Mac with two accounts. On one of the accounts, I can't set a home page other than the default Apple page. I set the desired page in preferences and it works so long as I stay logged in, but when I log out and back in, it has reverted to the factory-set Apple page.
This does NOT happen on the other account - home page behaves fine on that account. I've tried:
- testing different websites as home pages. Someone in another thread said they thought it was something to do with setting Google as your home page (which is what I want) so I tried other sites, but it still happens.
- trashing the safari plist preferences file and resetting all preferences
Any other suggestions?

Hi again RK!
Try to take a look through this post too and it's links:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3955860&#3955860
Do you have any Safari add-ons or tweaks? And you have tried to do a Reset Safari and then try to set the homepage again???
Post back,
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