Wah??? Down Arrow activates Front Row?

Well, the Question title pretty much says it all. On my laptop, pressing the down arrow (both on its own and in conjunction with other buttons) brings up Front Row. Every Time. I effectively don't have a down arrow.
The weird thing is that once I'm in Front Row, the down arrow works just fine.
This is the strangest bug I have ever seen. I worked at the Apple Store for 3 years diagnosing people's problems and I have no idea. Anyone else have any ideas?
P.S. I haven't tried deleting Front Row yet, but I would prefer a solution that lets me keep Front Row, if anyone has one.

Hi,
Sounds like Keyboard short cut has been added to either the Front Row App or to Keyboard and Mouse in System Preferences.
10:34 PM Tuesday; May 25, 2010

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