Spotlight shows triple copies of all contacts when using search

I am having an extremely annoying issue where all my contacts are displayed three times when I use spotlight. For example, when I search for a contact. i.e "Apple", the first three results displayed will be Apple. Also, when I go to send a text message to a contact, i.e "Apple", the list displays the name and number three times. This goes for all of my contacts.
I would consider myself an expert Mac user and have troubleshooted all the basics already. There are no triple copies of contacts in my iPhone or Mac address book. Nor are there triple copies of my MobileMe address book.
Anyone else with the same issue?

BasKoeln wrote:
This occours on every user, not only system root. All privileges are default. I've found some google-results of users having the same problem just after a fresh install.
You have the root user enabled? I think that is generally frowned upon - it can cause all sorts of permissions errors. I'd expect Spotlight to obey whatever the local permissions dictate (if it is working as designed).
I would try resetting the user permissions for the home folders and then follow Linc's tip for rebuilding the index again.
Backup before you begin just in case…
Boot holding cmd+R. Recovery mode should startup (assuming you have a recovery partition).
Select Terminal from the Utilities menu.
Enter the word…
resetpassword
… & hit return.
The GUI app will open, select the main boot HD.
Select your user account in the popup menu.
Then click the 'Reset' button at the bottom right. It will "Reset Home Folder Permissions & ACL's"
Repeat for the other users.
Quit ResetPassword from the menu,
Quit Terminal
Reboot

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