Cookies options gone from Safari Preferences Security

I have been having weird glitches with Safari for the past few days.  I cleared the cache (several times) and went to dump cookies - and all of the cookies-related options seem to be missing.  In Safari>Preferences>Security, the middle section of the box that includes options for accepting cookies and to view cookies is not there anymore.  In Safari>Reset Safari, the button for Remove Cookies is gone, though the rest of the list appears to be there.
I clean out cookies semi-regularly, and the options were all there over the weekend.
Any thoughts?

We are on Safari 5.1 here, the cookies are in the Privacy pane.
Overwrite/install Safari here, then apply Software Update under the Apple menu to make sure
https://www.apple.com/safari/
Then run ALL the cleaning and maintainance steps of the free OnyX and reboot.
http://www.titanium.free.fr/
Then download the free Easy Find and delete all folders called "Macromedia" (it's your Flash cookies etc)
http://www.devon-technologies.com/files/EasyFind.app.zip
Reinstall your Flash here to rebuild
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
That shoudl clean you out good
If you need more cookie and privacy control, you just have to go with Firefox + Adblock Plus, Ghostery, BetterPrivacy, Click&Clean and even NoScript (drag a temporarily allow all button to the toolbar)
more other info here
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

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