How to stop browser and mail applications opening automatically at start up

Since upgrading to Lion, Firefox, Mail and Hogwasher (a newsreader application) all open automatically when the computer starts up. I don't want or need this to happen but cannot find any way of preventing it. I have checked my user login items, but none of these apps is among those listed. Any suggestions why this is happening and how I can change it?

Welcome to the iOS world of nonthinking, wherein the OS decides everything for you, whether or not that's what you want. Salient details described in http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html#resume
See these for steps to resolve:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110918051930924
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/
http://restoremenot.info/

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