"loading" in address bar

hi, only had my mac for a month so please bear with me lol. i'm running snow leopard version 10.6.2 . i switched my mac on this morning, went on line and when i enter a new site, it loads up quickly enough, but the word 'loading" and the little line circle thing doesn't dissapear from the address bar. i have to click on the 'x" next to it to get rid of it. it's been fine up until this morning. any ideas?

Hi shine01120,
Try going to your Window Menu>Activity and checking for any loading error (after you have stopped the page load with the "x"). This should show what is hanging up the full loading of the page. I'm using an older version of Safari then you but the Activity selection should be there I assume.
LS

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