Lastly, the screen will light up randomly while not in use. This happens despite the face that nothing has changed to warrant an alert (no new email, messages, etc). I will stop adding to the issue list now. Thanks again for everyone's replies.
Thank you for the speedy reply. It is chrome. I followed your instructions but it has not fixed this issue. I'm noticing it in the cnn app as well, it will suddenly reload the story. The facebook browser used when you click out on a link seems to glitch in the same manner.