Contacts NOT in Address Book Syncing to iPhone

Long story short, I created a distribution list for my father in law with 800 addresses in it. Then deleted all the cards and distribution list. They still show up in my iPhone, no matter what I do.
I have tried the following:
#1 Confirmed they are not in address book, at all, whatsoever
#2 Unchecked sync addresses, and re-sync, still showing up
#3 Under Advanced, checked replace information on this iPhone - Contacts
#4 Confirmed my addresses are not syncing via Mobile Me
#5 Confirmed latest version of iTunes 10.1.1 and iOS4.
Any ideas? I can't even manually delete them from the iPhone without a 3rd Party App.
Thanks for the help.
CP Staley

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