Repeating Characters in Address Book Search Field

My old MacBook Pro running 10.6.8 (2 GHz Intel Core Due / 2GB RAM) has a strange and vexing problem with Address Book, Version 5.0.3 (883). Anytime you type a character into the search field, that character repeats. Type "n" and "nn" appears. If you want to find the phone number for Mary and enter the name, you will get MMaarryy. This only happens in Address Book and no other app. I have tried going through Preferences and deleting any plist items that have addressbook in the name. No luck. Any and all help would be appreciated.

Can't confirm about syncing......BUT I can confirm that I, too, have had this "note" anomaly where the notes get "repeated".  I think this has been going on before the iCloud era (ie: did it with Mobile.Me too).
I have just bit the bullet, and gone into every blessed Address Book card (almost a 1000 cards), and cleaned everything up manually.  Seems to have cleaned up everything up ok, and keeping my fingers crossed it stays correct.
Now......I also have other "note" problems. 
On many of my cards, in the note section, there will be a random letter "n" at the beginning of a line........I am constantly finding these "n" trash, and cleaning them up.  Where the heck are they coming from?
The other problem......sometimes when you are typing away within a note....the cursor will just randomly "jump" to the top of the note field, or somewhere else......and of course, if you are not paying attention, you will wipe out some information.  What the heck is going on here?
thanks,
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