Opening Safari 5.1.5 it opens last page visited

When I open Safari 5.1.5 it opens the last page I was in previously, not my designated homepage, which I would prefer.  I looked in Preferences to change it, but to no avail.  Upgraded to Lion yesterday. Thanks - PH

Launch System Preferences and click on the “General” icon
At the bottom of the “Number of recent items” list, uncheck the checkbox next to “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps”
This worked for me. For some reason it only seems to work (or annoy me) in Safari.

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