Purchased 3 weeks = 1 new "dead spot" on LCD of my macbook???

Suddenly found a new "dead spot" (a spot on my macbook LCD screen that always showing black in colour)... just purchased this new macbook for 3 weeks...
Any other users having the same problem? Anybody knows what's the minimum of "dead spots" that Apple would replace it with a new one?
I use my macbook with less than 2 hours/day... just Safari and MSN... plus some small mpg movies... what's wrong with the LCD?

Try lightly rubbing the stuck pixel to see if it will turn on. I know it sounds strange but it worked for me and that pixel has never been a problem since. Apple allows a "certain number" of pixel anomalies.....see this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1721

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