Safari not opening sites

I've noticed since I upgraded to version 3.1.2 that I am frequently getting the message "Safari can't open this site" or part of the time it just seems to hang up with the the first portion of the url highlighted and do nothing.
I usually can copy the url and paste into Firefox which opens it without a problem.

Hello,
Sometimes repairing disk permissions can fix a problem like this. Quit all open applications. Launch Disk Utility, it's in your Applications/Utilities folder. With DU open, select MacintoshHD 10.x.x in the panel on the left, then select the FirstAid tab, then click Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished. Relaunch Safari and see if you can open sites you haven't been able to previously.
If not, with Safari open, from the Menu Bar, click Safari/Empty Cache. If that doesn't help, click Safari/Reset Safari. This action will reset your Safari Preferences to default values.
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