App store wants me to update apps already updated!!

what is with Apple's App Store??? I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8, the app store says I need to update apps that were updated months ago, ***??? ...once in a while I have a similar problem with iTunes app updates also, it will download apps but then it claims there's one that still needs to be downloaded, I keep doing this until I realize it's the same app and it's already downloaded.

let me rephrase that...the app store indicated I needed to update several apps to the version they have already been updated to.
problem is gone, hours later I go to app store and it is operating normally.
anyone know why this happens?

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kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt=1
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