Multiple entries on PDA, iCal and Safari bookmarks

I don't know when this started happening, but i have multiple duplicate entries all over my calendar on my Palm and iCal. I also noticed lots of duplicated bookmarks in Safari. I currently sync the Palm, my PowerBook and an older PowerMac at work. All Macs run Tiger 10.4.5.
As a result of all the duplicate entries it takes forever to open iCal, and
and do a full iSync -- currently taking over an hour!
Can anyone suggest a solution? i never had this issue with Panther.
Thanks!
--Alan
12" PowerBook G4, 856Mhz, 1GB ram.   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   Palm Zire 72

Jose,
Thanks. I had already tried that with no success.
I finally figured out what to do, at least in OS X 10.4.10.
In Users/yourname/Library/Application Support there is a folder called "SyncServices" with no mention if iTunes or iPhone anywhere inside. I noticed that it had just been modified. I moved the folder to my desktop and restarted the Mac. When I brought up iTunes there were no categories in contacts, no email accounts to synch, no calendars, etc.
I quit iTunes then launched, Mail, iCal, Address Book, iPhoto and Safari. I launched iTunes again and now all the categories were there. I synched successfully at last.
Apparently it is not just a plist that can get corrupted. I'm not sure which specific file in that folder was the problem. But removing the whole folder didn't seem to take much effort.
Unfortunately I had already reloaded my iPhone software and so all of my settings were gone. A week of training my keyboard were gone. All of the wi-fi networks i had joined would have to be rejoined.
I think from now on I will reload my software only as a very last resort.
I hope this info helps others.
-Ric

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