Why are application icons on launch pad in duplicate form (2 of each)?

When I open up LaunchPad, a lot of the application icons appear in duplicate form (2 of each): Address Book, App Store, Calculator, iCal, iChat, iDVD, etc. What is causing this?

See this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4836
Maybe it's aliases?

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