chawbs, I know that the images are going into the wp-content/uploads folder because I can see them in CyberDuck. It is a problem with stripping away the <> angle brackets. mku’s link is exactly the problem that I’m having. I’ll try what is recommended. Thanks chawbs and mku! Anyone else can also check out this trouble ticket:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7771
Could someone please offer me some help on how to downgrade to libxml2-2.6.27? I’m very new to wordpress and self-hosting. I have access to my server through CyberDuck and through a web admin page. Will I need to delete a file and replace it with an older version?