Just thought I'd give you guys a little update...
I called Applecare on the phone Friday night, and after about 10 minutes of discussion, and him checking if they had any documentation on this problem, he asked me to bring it over to an Apple store.
Upon arrival one of their techs came out and looked at it and said that it looked like a contamination problem.
He went in the back for a bit, came back, and asked me how I would feel about them just switching out the whole computer.
I said that was great with me because I time machined before I came in. He told me this was a problem that Apple wanted to see back at their plants. He then said he was gonna pop the glass open and take a look just to make sure it was in the panel and not the glass. He did, and it was on the panel. So then he goes into the process of typing all the information in, gets to the last step and says "oh.. sorry but this isnt one of the ones they want back. it was made in october 09 and thats not one that qualifies for replacement."
To make this really long story shorter, he ordered the front panel in and their gonna replace that under warranty.. 1 to 2 day repair time. I was hoping for the new one, but all ends well.