Mutiple home page settings opens many duplicate tabs

I have set two home pages"http://www.yahoo.com| http://att.my.yahoo.com" when i click the home icon, it opens the second home page in a new tab, one tab every time the icon is clicked.
ie the first home page tab clears and reloads in the same tab,having one tab.
The second home page adds a new tab, ten clicks= 1 yahoo.com tab and 10 att.my.yahoo.com tabs is there a setting to control this?

How did you change the homepage:
*Install add-on
*Change it from the options menu
*Adjust <code>about:config</code> strings
Please ensure that you do not have multiple URLs in the homepage field of the Options window.
If you do not, please try starting Firefox in Safe Mode to ensure that this issue is not caused by an extension. <sup>[[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-safe-modeMore Details]]</sup>
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