Applications not marked as running in the Dock

Hi all,
I have a new MBP Retina, which came with Lion, but which I immediately upgraded to Mountain Lion. I'm a long-time Mac user, and I love this new one, but the Dock is behaving strangely. After using the computer for a while, programs no longer get marked as "running" with the little light under them in the dock. In addition, the right-click menu for that program shows "Open", not "Quit", even though the program is already running. This behavior continues until I reboot. Then the Dock works correctly for a while, but eventually reverts to the problem.
Lest you think I'm crazy, I took a screen shot that clearly shows the light under Mail, but _not_ under Safari, even though the screen shot shows that Safari is open. Further, you can see that the right-click option is to "Open" Safari, not quit it. You can see the screen shot at http://flic.kr/p/cQtbcf
Any suggestions, other than very Windows-like rebooting multiple times a day?

It could be the Dock prefs
Go to your Finder "Go" menu choose "Go to Folder" and enter ~/Library/Preferences. Then delete these files and restart or log out and back in.
com.apple.dock.plist
com.apple.dock.db
com.apple.dock.extra.plist
You need to reset your Dock the way you like it.

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