Phantom broken links in Dreamweaver CS6

Dreamweaver shows that I have 73 broken links, but they all work in my browser (and other people's browsers). Why? How do I get Dreamweaver to recognize that the links are not broken?
I am using Adobe Dreamweaver CS 6 on a Windows 7 PC. The website is www.mathguy.us. I set it up through GoDaddy.com
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Earl

Based on your comment, I took a look at the common thread on all of the missed files. 4 of them are PHP issues, like you suggested. The other 69 links all had ampersands in them. I suppose this is the issue. I will try changing the file names to use "and" instead of "&" and see if that helps. Thank you for your suggestion.
Update: This worked. I can deal with 4 identified broken links due to PHP. Taking the ampersand out of the file names fixed the rest. Thank you very much!

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>
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> On a regular basis I use Dreamweaver 8's broken link
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> relative links to absolute throughout single HTML files.
>
> Once upon a time, I could use the results pane to
quickly replace all
> of the broken links. Ever since installing Dreamweaver 8
(upgraded from
> MX) I've had the following problem with the link
checker:
>
> 1. It seems to find all of the broken links correctly,
however, when I
> try to change them into absolute, it doesn't actually
make the changes.
>
> 2. Sometimes it even makes incorrect changes to the path
of the link,
> such as changing the image link to a .html link randomly
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> idea how this happens!)
>
> 3. When it asks if I'd like to replace the other
references to the same
> file, and I respond yes, it does nothing.
>
> After researching this topic somewhat, I have found
temporary solution,
> but it's driving me crazy and I'm looking for a
long-term resolution
> for this issue.
>
> If I delete my WinFileCache-xxxxxx.dat file (under User
> Application
> Data > Macromedia > Dreamweaver 8 >
Configuration) before opening
> Dreamweaver, the problem is resolved until the end of
that specific
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>
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temporarily
> effective. However, this is a daily problem for me and
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>
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>
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>

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to make the story short, i have started building my web site with dreamweaver cs6.
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