ZOOM stuck in timeline

Every now and then, I get "stuck" in the zoom command. The magnifying glass icon won't go away and I can't select a clip in the timeline. I can close and re-open FCE but it often times does it again right away.
I'm also having some other quirks which make me wonder if something isn't faulty. For instance, When I started the project, I was able to "close gap" but I can't do that anymore.
FYI: It's an academic version. IDK if this should make any difference or not.

Well, I tried that and it still does it. I'm totally new to FCE and pretty new to the Mac world, in general. So this may be a dumb question but, I SHOULD be able to just esc from commands, right? Actually, I never even select the zoom command in the first place. I've just been using the horizontal slider to zoom in/out of the timeline. But all of a sudden sometimes, the magnifying glass is there and I can't select a clip because it will just zoom in on it instead. So, I close FCE, and it works for a bit and then does it again. I haven't been able to deduce what action I'm doing to trigger the "magnifying glass" in the first place.
thanks

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In case you cannot see the numers the read as follows:
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00;00;27;00
00;00;27;15
00;00;28;00
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00;00;27;00
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Kevin,
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