IPad app update kills app

Yesterday I downloaded three app updates, two for magazine readers and a third for the intellicast weather app. All downloaded and opened fine.
When I closed the intellicast app the icon went dark, the name below the app vanished and it would not open. I tried to delete it to reload it, but the icon jiggled, but no X appeared to delete it. I was, however, able to open it by going to the App Store, finding the app, and pressing the open button.
I then downloaded the Accuweather app and it did the same thing. Close it, won't reopen except through the store, and can't delete it.
The magazine.changes work fine and reopen, BTW.
Any thoughts?

Sometimes updates and downloads do the weirdest things like what you re experiencing now. I don't know if this will help, but it doesn't hurt anything and it quite often will fix the little hinky issues that you might see when you use your iPad. Reset the device and then see if you can delete the apps and download them again, or see if that fixes the way the icons look and work.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

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