Force Quit showing apps still open

I've noticed this on a few occasions. Currently, I'm showing iBooks, Pages, & Preview are still open via the Force Quit dialog but I haven't used them since the previous evening. (Screen shot of dialog and dock for comparison).
I have an older Macbook (Aluminum, Late 2008) so I try to run as lean as possible. There are no extra windows open that I can find. Double clicking them from Force Quit brings them up to then quit from the application proper, however, I would really like the apps to quit when I tell them to.
Has this to do with iCloud integration? (Like Pages wasn't quite done with an iCloud upload before I quit).
Is it a random hang?
Should I try a reinstall of the apps or Mavericks? (I'm not even sure if 'still open app' is consistent).
Thanks in advance.

I've noticed this same problem, but with TextEdit and Preview. The dock will say all my apps are closed, but when I check in Force Quit, some of them are still open. Only noticed by accident once when I needed to Force Quit something else and was surprised by what was also listed in there as open.
As far as I can tell there are no negative effects of this happening . . . it's just annoying . . . which means Apple won't be fixing it anytime real soon.
I'm about to upgrade to Yosemite . . . wonder if it also happens there.
BTW, I've only seen it happen with Apple Apps . . . none of my other apps have shown up as "quit, but still open".
I'm on a Mac Mini running 10.9.5

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What version of iPhoto?
Assuming 09 or later:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take one of the actions that you're having trouble with. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
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Restore proceedure to pre-Security Update 2012-001 v 1.0 & v 1.1
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Fix #2
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Click on the Create button.
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OT

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3274
 Cheers, Tom

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I have an iPod 3G.
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