diff --git a/src/ajax/ajaxTest.js b/src/ajax/ajaxTest.js
index b215d95a..7785a97a 100644
--- a/src/ajax/ajaxTest.js
+++ b/src/ajax/ajaxTest.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module("ajax");
 
+if ( location.protocol != "file:" ) {
+
 test("serialize()", function() {
 	expect(1);
 	var data = $(':input').not('button').serialize();
@@ -376,3 +378,5 @@ test("evalScripts() with no script elements", function() {
     }
     ok ( true, 'after evalScripts()');
 });
+
+}
diff --git a/src/jquery/coreTest.js b/src/jquery/coreTest.js
index 78d4a275..4b29c8f8 100644
--- a/src/jquery/coreTest.js
+++ b/src/jquery/coreTest.js
@@ -107,19 +107,21 @@ test("attr(String, Object)", function() {
 	ok( document.getElementById('text1').readOnly == false, 'Set readonly attribute' );
 });
 
-test("attr(String, Object)x", function() {
-	expect(2);
-	stop();
-	$.get('data/dashboard.xml', function(xml) { 
-	  var titles = [];
-	  $('tab', xml).each(function() {
-	    titles.push($(this).attr('title'));
-	  });
-	  ok( titles[0] == 'Location', 'attr() in XML context: Check first title' );
-	  ok( titles[1] == 'Users', 'attr() in XML context: Check second title' );
-	  start();
+if ( location.protocol != "file:" ) {
+	test("attr(String, Object)x", function() {
+		expect(2);
+		stop();
+		$.get('data/dashboard.xml', function(xml) { 
+	  	var titles = [];
+	  	$('tab', xml).each(function() {
+	    	titles.push($(this).attr('title'));
+	  	});
+	  	ok( titles[0] == 'Location', 'attr() in XML context: Check first title' );
+	  	ok( titles[1] == 'Users', 'attr() in XML context: Check second title' );
+	  	start();
+		});
 	});
-});
+}
 
 test("css(String|Hash)", function() {
 	expect(8);
diff --git a/src/jquery/jquery.js b/src/jquery/jquery.js
index 78d1ab94..c6f2a9b8 100644
--- a/src/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/src/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -23,39 +23,41 @@ window.undefined = window.undefined;
  * @cat Core
  */
 var jQuery = function(a,c) {
-	// Make sure that a selection was provided
-	a = a || document;
-	
-	// Shortcut for document ready
-	// Safari reports typeof on DOM NodeLists as a function
-	if ( typeof a == "function" && !a.nodeType && a[0] == undefined )
-		return jQuery(document)[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( a );
-
-	// Watch for when a jQuery object is passed as the selector
-	if ( a.jquery )
-		return jQuery( jQuery.makeArray( a ) );
-
-	// Watch for when a jQuery object is passed at the context
-	if ( c && c.jquery )
-		return jQuery( c ).find(a);
-
 	// If the context is global, return a new object
 	if ( window == this )
 		return new jQuery(a,c);
 
+	// Make sure that a selection was provided
+	a = a || document;
+	
+	// HANDLE: $(function)
+	// Shortcut for document ready
+	// Safari reports typeof on DOM NodeLists as a function
+	if ( typeof a == "function" && !a.nodeType && a[0] == undefined )
+		return new jQuery(document)[ jQuery.fn.ready ? "ready" : "load" ]( a );
+	
 	// Handle HTML strings
 	if ( typeof a  == "string" ) {
+		// HANDLE: $(html) -> $(array)
 		var m = /^[^<]*(<.+>)[^>]*$/.exec(a);
-		if ( m ) a = jQuery.clean( [ m[1] ] );
+		if ( m )
+			a = jQuery.clean( [ m[1] ] );
+		
+		// HANDLE: $(expr)
+		else
+			return new jQuery( c ).find( a );
 	}
+	
+	return this.setArray(
+		// HANDLE: $(array)
+		a.constructor == Array && a ||
 
-	// Watch for when an array is passed in
-	return this.setArray( a.constructor == Array || a.length && a != window && !a.nodeType && a[0] != undefined && a[0].nodeType ?
-		// Assume that it is an array of DOM Elements
-		jQuery.makeArray( a ) :
+		// HANDLE: $(arraylike)
+		// Watch for when an array-like object is passed as the selector
+		(a.jquery || a.length && a != window && !a.nodeType && a[0] != undefined && a[0].nodeType) && jQuery.makeArray( a ) ||
 
-		// Find the matching elements and save them for later
-		jQuery.find( a, c ) );
+		// HANDLE: $(*)
+		[ a ] );
 };
 
 // Map over the $ in case of overwrite
diff --git a/src/selector/selector.js b/src/selector/selector.js
index a478376f..d9114c24 100644
--- a/src/selector/selector.js
+++ b/src/selector/selector.js
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ jQuery.extend({
 						ret = r = oid && 
 						  (!m[3] || oid.nodeName == m[3].toUpperCase()) ? [oid] : [];
 
-					// Use the DOM 0 shortcut for the body element
-					} else if ( m[1] == "" && m[2] == "body" ) {
-						ret = r = [ document.body ];
-
 					} else {
 						// Pre-compile a regular expression to handle class searches
 						if ( m[1] == "." )