Safari not remembering home page

Safari 5.1.x not able to remember preference for home page.
Safari 5.1, Lion 10.7.1
Might there be a fix for this?
Thanks

Could be the preferences are corrupted ..
Go to ~/Library/Preferences. Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, move the .plist file to the Trash.
~ (Tilde) character represents your Home folder.
For LIon: To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library

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