Screen starting to go? & multiple keys on keyboard stick intermitantly

The botttom centre of my screen appears to be going, whenever i type either on a flat surface or on my lap it starts to shake as if i was touching it, and then it is a tad blurry for any objects moving in my finder, anyone kno what the deal is, and i am still under warranty so anyone know if mac will cover this?
As well my keys especially the arrow keys and my space bar aalways see to lock up on me, where i have to like force it out of whatever the deal is, and just afriad that if i do break a key from pulling it out with enough force that it wont be covered and marked as 'accidental' or 'tempering with product'
Thanks
-jm

well, how old is it? the warranty that came with it from apple is 1 year, unless you bought AppleCare. If it is still in warranty, you should conact apple as soon as possible, if no, I don't know what to do other than pay for fixing it or live with it.

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