Cookies not deleting correctly in Safari

Why do my cookies re-appear after I reset Safari (4.02). Same issue with version 4.01. I've deleted the cookie file and that appears to work but I don't know why I need to do anything beyond resetting the browser. I've also deleted the cookie files from the time machine backup. Any suggestions?

I have called Apple Care 5 times about this problem. My cookies re-appear within 1 hour of my deleting them. At first it started when i would delete 20 cookies...and 5 would re-appear. I had NOT re-visited those 5 sites. Now i can delete all the cookies and they will all re-appear. The support tech at Apple Care said that she had never cleaned out her cookies before. She was shocked when they all re-appeared while we were talking. She had me Reset Safari. Didn't work. They had me re-download Safari 4. Didn't help.
I was able to successfully delete cookies for 12 months before this "glitch" started. This is a recent problem. Apple has been very nice but they don't treat cookies as a very important problem. Most people never clean out their cookies ever. I clean them out every night. I don't want anyone "tracking" me. Even if i didn't care about tracking, i don't want those cookies on my computer.
I do keep cookies for sites i use often so that i don't have to "sign-in" every time i visit.

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