IPad 2/iOS 5.1 app updates hung in a 'waiting' state

After I upgraded my iPad 2 to iOS 5.1, I cannot update my apps. There are hung in a 'waiting' state. Any ideas how to fix this?  This is the first time I've run into this.  I've upgraded to 5.0, 5.0.1 with no problems whatsoever.  Now 5.1 fails to update apps all the time.
Brian

For the last few days, since the worldwide launch of the New iPad, Apple's servers have been overwhelmed.  Give it a few days to settle down as a more reasonable number of users access the store. 

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