New Macbook won't install Lion OS X

I purchased a brand new Macbook Pro from the apple store last month, recently enough to receive the download of Lion free of additional charge. I went to the app store, was able to receive it for free, and clicked download at noon yesterday. By 5 pm, it had downloaded halfway. By 10 pm, it had stopped downloading, but just sat in the dock. I cancelled the download and tried it again today, and it won't even begin to download but it also hasn't given me any errors messages. I tried downloading a different, much simpler app to see if it was a problem with the app or my computer and this app also refuses to download.
Why is my computer having such a hard time with this? It's brand new and hasn't been displaying signs of any other buggy problems. What can I do?

I checked the hard drive utility and there were errors on the hard drive that needed to be fixed. But it wouldn't not let me repair the errors....
Before you reinstall anything, be sure that your hard drive is fine. Boot up to the Install DVD and choose Disc Utility from the top menu ...verify/repair the drive. After you get the green light from Disc Utility, I'd suggest booting to your Install CD once again but this time holding down the 'D' key at start-up ...this will get you into the Apple Hardware Test.
If things are fine here then go ahead with the installs/updates/backups as pedropablo suggests. If things are not fine, you'll need to make a trip to your Apple shop.

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