Routinely have to force quit iCal and Safari

For the past few weeks, iCal and Safari often seem to freeze up when left running in the background. When this happens, I need to force quit one or both of these applications before I can use them again.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it? Thanks!

Address book seems to hang here if i just launch it and choose quit after 30 seconds...
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http://www.macworld.com/article/137094/2008/11/safarisafebrowsing.html

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