How do I remove mystery app update?

I don't know why, but I have Angry Birds in my App Store update page, yet I have never bought this app or used it at all. It wants to update, but it's not even on my Mac. How do I get rid of it from the update page on the App Store?

No "more info" link that I can see. Here's what I see:

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