Trouble downloading app updates

So, I have been away for a week only to come home and when I try to download the 23 app updates available on iTunes, (iTunes is working by the way) I get a message telling me they have already been purchased and to download I need to go to Check for Available Downloads in the Store.
Can't find it, so I just go to the download tab that appears on the left and at the bottom is a button and next to it, it says "23 iTunes Downloads Available" I click on the button. Then, I get a message telling me "Unable to Check for Available Downloads. The iTunes store is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later". Now, iTunes is available, I can still access podcast updates and other features of the store, I just can't get these app updates!

I had the exact same problem, and it appeared in three ways:
1. I could not check for available downloads - which gave the "iTunes store isn't available" message
2. Some (but not all) iphone/pad applications would not update in itunes throwing a "you have already purchased this product" error
3. In the Mac AppStore, I could not reinstall or update some applications - clicking "INSTALL" would prompt for my password, the button would turn grey, wait a beat, and then flash back to Install with no error message (except some obscure callback thing in my system.log)
I did a bunch of research and found that the problem was my "download queue" - which appears to be a tally of all the stuff that itunes should download when it first loads - was either to large, or had an item in it which was no longer available in the store.
To reset my queue, I called applecare (yes, regular apple care) and explained my problem. The rep was super nice, and initiated a chat with the itunes team. There is no direct way to contact the itunes support team other than email (which for me went unanswered), so its awesome that applcare is (or was for me) willing to jump into the fray.
After about 5 minutes, i was told that my queue "sure had a bunch of stuff in it" and it had been reset. So far so good, I've been able to download all my stuff again.

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