My computer wakes up periodically without my moving the mouse. How can I keep this from happening?

Your network may also be causing it to wake, if you are running Vista try this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-sleep-mode-randomly-waking-up-issue-in-windows-vist...
If Windows 7:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-fix-computer-keeps-waking.htm
If Windows 8:
http://alinirimia.com/2013/11/windows-8-1-computer-wakes-up-from-sleep-how-to-stop-it/
Please mark my post as SOLVED if it has resolved your problem. It helps others with similar situations.

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== After I have used Firefox and "closed" it.

See this:
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** http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
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