Boxes around icons, duplicates in Apple menu and File menu

When I select something on the desktop, such as an icon, a box with a black outline appears around the icon. Same thing happens when I open a folder. The highlighted name will show a box with outline around it.
Also, if I go under the Apple, I can see 2 restarts, 2 shut downs, 2 logouts, and a force quit finder under the force quit.
If I go under File in the finder, there are 2 move to trash.
How do I get rid of this?

Look at this KB article: Mac OS X 10.4: Some Apple menu items appear twice, which should help you.
To turn off "VoiceOver", read this KB article: Mac OS X 10.4: Computer speaks unexpectedly, or a black box unexpectedly appears around a file, folder, or other item.

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