Why is my Mac not allowing me to browse Search Engines?

Folks,
Over the past two days I can no longer hit a search engine webpage (yahoo, bing, google is all I have tried) directly from any browser Safari, FireFox, Chrome in the URL field on my Macbook running OSX 10.8.4. I haven't changed any network settings either on my router or macbook to cause this change. The odd time a search will load in google through the browser, but when I try and click a link in the results it will not load the link.
I've also tried resetting the modem and router a few times, no issues with internet service to the house, also tried my cell phone and MacMini which have no issues visiting the sites above.
Driving me nuts, as I get my work done on my Macbook.
Anybody know why?
Thanks!

Try one of the common troubleshooting step.
Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212?viewlocale=en_US
Best.

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