Fixed #2084 by added embed to the list of elements where it is ok to have self closing xhtml.

src/core.js

@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 			if ( typeof elem == "string" ) {
 				// Fix "XHTML"-style tags in all browsers
 				elem = elem.replace(/(<(\w+)[^>]*?)\/>/g, function(all, front, tag){
-					return tag.match(/^(abbr|br|col|img|input|link|meta|param|hr|area)$/i) ?
+					return tag.match(/^(abbr|br|col|img|input|link|meta|param|hr|area|embed)$/i) ?
 						all :
 						front + "></" + tag + ">";
 				});