Display hard to close and wont get past initial boot screen - turns off

I didn't drop it and if someone else did, they won't fess up. It doesn't look bent anywhere.
I turn it on, it has grey boot up screen with apple and rotating timer thingy. The hard drive is noisy like it is in a constant read mode and then it just turns off.
I would suspect the HD is shot, but why is the lid hard to close now? Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

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