Duplicate Items in Recent Items menu

HI,
Just recently (in the last couple of weeks) I have suddenly been getting duplicate entries in the recent items folder (not in the apple menu as has been discussed elsewhere). I have 2 entries for Disk Utility, ITunes, Terminal etc. I have checked the plist with Onyx and it says the syntax is OK. I have cleared all items in the list. It behaved fine for a few days then the duplicates reappeared again. Should I try deleting the plist file? I currently have the recent items settings for 30 Apps, 5 docs and no servers.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Peter

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*/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user*

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