Right-click "Open with" shows multiple options of the same app.

Just bought this computer less than a month ago, everything is perfect except for this little bug that seems to be getting worse and worse.
Any idea whats happening here? I'm completely stumped!
MacBook Pro
Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013
Processor  2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory  16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Software  OS X 10.9.2 (13C64)

That indicates a corrupt LaunchServices database, which controls that stuff. Launch the Terminal app in /Applications/Utilities/, copy & paste in this one-liner (ensure that there are no spaces in the first line, the forum's software sometimes displays
Launchse   rvices, instead of Launchservices, in the window), hit the return key, quit Terminal, and restart:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

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