Certain web pages are stuck in large text in Safari

I've been having this issue since I got my Air last year. Certain web pages (MSNBC and Google to name a few) are stuck in really large text. Other web pages are fine. I've tried resetting th browser, deleting cookies, etc. But I cannot seem to fix this issue. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks

Sorry. I poked around furhter and finally found the issue. The font sizes were too big! Not sure when I could have done that, but there you go. This question can be closed down.

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