Fill color is outside the path

One of the graphic elements I was given has me stumped. When I select it, I can see the path of the object and see that it has a fill color and no stroke. However, the fill color extends outside the path. This ends up causing me a headache when I try to slice and save for web. I can never get the result I want in a PNG. I always end up with a few pixels more or less wrong on one or more sides. Help!

pcdavis,
You may have Effect>Offset Path applied; you may see it in the Appearance palette/panel, and click the Reduce to Basic Appearance button there.

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