Won't reset home page

The iBook came with Entourage home page set to Google. No matter how I try, I cannot make a change to another home page stick.(Safari>Preferences>Home page). I have tried entering the address of the home page page I want, and also entering that address on the command line and then choosing "set to current page." Neither works and next time Google re-appears! Even re-starting has no effect. Am I missing a step?

I checked on my iBook G3 800 MHz which still has Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Safari 1.3.2. Setting the Home Page works fine on it.
Are you choosing "Use Home Page" from the drop-down "New windows open with:" menu after entering the page you want to use as your Home Page? I have tried both entering the URL and "Set to Current Page" and am able to select my Home Page and have a new window open to that Home Page either way.
Personally, I prefer having a new page open to an empty page, so that's the way I have mine set. Are you able to set it to do that?

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