2 monitors on 13" Macbook Pro (brand new)

I'm buying a Macbook Pro next week (April 15, 2014), and I want to use it as a desktop and attach 2 HDMI monitors and Apple USB keyboard (with keypad).
Knowledge base article kb/ht5918 ("Mac Pro (Late 2013): Using multiple displays") is not clear about how to do this. Some options that might work
Option 1:
MiniDisplayPort=>HDMI connector on MiniDisplay Port
USB 3.0=>HDMI connector on USB 3.0 port
Option 2:
MiniDisplayPort to HDMI connector on MiniDisplay Port
MiniDisplayPort to HDMI connector on Thunderbolt Port
Chat sale support said Option 2 would work, but I have not seen it on the web.
Question 1: Will these options work and which is better?
Question 2: Is there a better option not mentioned above? (cost is not critical)
Question 3: Are high speed HDMI cables required?

Thanks, Clinton.
The display resolution of the displays I'm considering (LG 24EA53V-P or LG MP5656HQ-P) are both 1920 X 1080.
Question 1: Would I be better off with DVI-D connections or HDMI?
Question 2: Do you have suggestions for 24" monitors for email, word processing, programming, monitors that that are not discontinued?

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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics(6.2.4)@0x82738000->0x827e6fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x7a896000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x81fbe000
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Anonymous UUID: 8AF76CF5-8EC8-4D3A-8D9B-DEF713A6043F
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panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2aab55): Kernel trap at 0x00009018, type 14=page fault, registers:
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