Disc is stuck in drive and won't eject

I have a brand new iMac which I purchased over Christmas, 2009. I was loading up software from various discs when one would not eject. I've tried everything:
Dragged the icon to "trash" and let it go over the eject icon.
Pressed the "eject" button.
Pressed F12 upon start up.
Held down mouse upon start up.
Went to Disk Utility and clicked "eject".
Nothing worked!
Is there a hole that can be used to eject the disc manually like what was available on the G4s?
If anyone has a solution, please let me know.

You could try looking here:
http://www.silvermac.com/2006/dvd-stuck-in-macbook-pro/
But personally I would take it to an Apple store, you don't want to break the drive by accidentally doing something wrong. (Eg leaving small bits of cardboard in the drive).

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