Purchased songs from iTunes via iPhone 4 but files not found on comp after sync

I purchased an entire album and one additional song from iTunes on my phone while at work on a wireless network.  When I got home it started the transfer/purchase updates or whatever.  I don't know what happened I don't think there was an interruption at any point but now I find that most of the songs from that particular album plus the additional song are seen in my library with the "!" next to them.  For the life of me I cannot find the files, they just don't exist on my computer or the external drive on which I keep my iTunes.
With all this being said I can listen to all of the songs on my iPhone without issue... ***?
How can I get the proper files back on my computer without having to repurchase the songs?
I'm on Mac 10.6.8 with iTunes 10.5 and iOS5 on iPhone 4

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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