MacBook Shuts off abruptly, bad battery?

I booted my MacBook up as usual and began to use it without any problems. I click on a link to watch a YouTube video and it plays for several seconds and then the computer shuts off right after that with no warning. I had over an our and a half of battery life left before this happened. After it shut down I checked the battery on the back and I pressed the button and only one light blinked very quickly. This has happened on more than one occasion and the only way to boot the computer back up is to plug it back in to the AC adapter. Once I check the battery life while it's charging, it will something insane like 170mAh.
Is it time to get a new battery? My MacBook is a late '06 model and I've had it since January of last year. I calibrate it once a month and I don't deplete it more than half of its charge life. Any ideas?
Thanks!

KBHenn...will you let us know what you find out if you contact AppleCare? I have the same problem it seems with the power outages. Mine goes out when I have 30-40% left it seems. The problem I'm seeing is that the calculator at the top of the screen is constantly changing and sometimes it's got crazy numbers like 200:00 hours left! It'll jump around all over the map. I also noticed the same thing as far as charging the charge says it'll take 28 minutes to fully charge and I come back in 10 minutes and it says 34 minutes to fully charge even though the % is going higher. Just weird.
I bought mine in Sept. '06. I'm not trying to hijack your thread here, but I'm curious as to how everyone's battery capacity is so high (mAh)? I've never checked mine until now and it's only 1267 Capacity. Do we simply have different batteries or is is this something that wears down over time? I'm in the same boat as you as having these issues, but once again since I'm over 300 cycles I'm curious to see if Apple Care will cover it. Good Luck!
-elvislisa
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 5
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 5
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 5
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1267
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 1215
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 12503
Cycle Count: 329

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