Likely you have an unclosed tag in your header insert (or through a modification of a template); remember that if you open a tag, always be sure to close it...

Ex: Open Link:
Code
<a href="http://www.yoursite.tld">

Closing Tag:
Code
</a>

Not sure why removing the doctype would fix it; it shouldn't really have much effect at all...

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