App store continues to show items already updated

The App Store app is proving to be majorly annoying. No matter what I do, some applications continue to show needing updating hours after I've already updated them. I've deleted caches, I've rebooted multiple times, I've had the app find the individual applications in the Finder only to confirm that they are the version already updated.
Is there some way to get this to stop. This has been a recurring problem since the App Store first went live. I've deleted the apps installed and then reinstalled them with no luck. This has persisted from 10.6.8 all the way to 10.7.3.
Any known solutions?

Carolyn,
Thanks for the suggestion. Alas, nothing works. First I delete the cache in the com.apple.appstore folder. I rebooted. The App Store app still shows 7 apps needing updating - all of which I updated yesterday and have confirmed are the versions they are supposed to be. Then, I took the App Store icon on the dock, dropped it into the trash, dragged the App Store icon from the Applications folder to the dock. I rebooted. After all this, the same 7 applications still show up as needing updating. So, just for grins and giggles, I updated them again. Of course, after updating them again, exiting the App Store, and then returning, the same 7 apps show that they are in need of updating.
This is maddening.
Marc

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