Safari (Mavericks) will open only Google-related pages

I have a 13" Retina MacBook Pro running Mavericks... as of this morning, Safari suddenly will open ONLY Google-related pages (e.g., gmail and google maps). All other websites I try result in the gray page that says, "Safari can't find the server."
The other odd thing that happened this morning (preceding use of Safari) was that when I turned on my MBP, the wireless connection would not connect to my home network. That was temporary--it eventually connected to the network, but then even though it was connected to the network, it could not access the internet connection. All of that then resolved itself (I reset modem and router) and those connections resumed functionality. But then I could not access any web pages, as per my comment above, EXCEPT for Google-related pages.
Steps I have already taken in attempt to resolve:
booted in safe mode
cleared Safari cache
Removed all website data
under Proxies on Preferences -> Advanced tab, selected Auto Proxy Discovery
unchecked and re-checked the Fraudulent sites warning check box on Preferences -> Security tab
Does it have something to do with the Google Safe Browsing Service? Seems so odd that ONLY Google pages will load...
Thanks for any help!

In Recovery Mode, Safari opened every page I tested--i.e., including non-Google pages.
Just rebooted as usual, and Safari is doing the same thing as before--opening only Google-related pages.
Hold the phone... Hallelujah! I just noticed that my Calendar app had not updated with an event I had entered into Calendar via a different device--it should have updated the Calendar on my MBP, since I use iCloud to keep Calendars in sync. I tried Refreshing Calendar several times--no change.
So then I went to Settings -> iCloud to sign out of my iCloud account and sign back in. It wouldn't let me sign out -- got the spinning ball and eventually had to force quit everything, then restart the computer. Went back to the iCloud settings, was able to sign out, and then it told me I had no Internet connection to sign back in. This wasn't really true, since I was able to connect to my gmail via Safari... I followed the prompts, anyway, to diagnose and reset the network and internet connection. Signed back in to iCloud, and voila, Safari started working! [I'm guessing the issue had less to do with iCloud, and more to do with network settings...?]
Thanks for all of your help. Hope this might help someone else!

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