Safari Not Opening External Links

When I click on any external link, eg: from Mail, Dashboard, a link icon on my Desktop, etc, Safari comes to the front, but does not open the link. Also when I try to "Reopen All Windows From Last Session", after reopening it, nothing happens. If I have a window open, I can drag a link off my desktop, drop it on the window, and the link will open.
I have tried resetting the cache per this link:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8777756&#8777756
Also running Macjanitor, and repairing permissions. None of these worked. Any suggestions?

That worked, thank you so much. Although I am a bit embarrassed that I didn't think to do that in the first place.
I also want to explain what caused it, and what happened after I reopened safari. The problem started after I installed Verizon Access to use with Verizon's wireless broadband; it crashed Safari, but at the time I didn't notice any anomalies upon restarting Safari. It took a couple days to realize that Safari wasn't opening any external links.
When I went to the preferences folder to remove the safari preference, there were two: one was "com.apple.Safari.plist" and the other was "com.apple.Safari.plist.saved". I put them both on the Desktop and reopened Safari.
I don't have a Home Page selected, I prefer just a blank window when I open Safari, but it opened a Verizon page instead. So I went to Safari's Preferences and removed it. Restarted the browser, but it was back. It took a couple tries, but now Safari opens with an empty window again, and everything else is back to normal.
What's odd is that the Verizon page didn't show up as the home page until I removed the .plist files from the Library.

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