White borders on objects I import from photoshop and illustrator into after effects?

No matter what format or what program I use to create elements for my After Effects project they import in with a frustrating white border around it.  I don't remember this happening in earlier version on AE, right now I'm working on AE cs5.5.  Anybody have any clue what's going on?  Thank you very much for your time!
Here's an example of what im talking about:

Check the alpha channel interpretation in the Interpret Footage dialog box. See these pages:"
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f82 a.html
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f7e a.html

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