Semantics, mostly. A table is, and always has been, intended for tabular data presentation. There are many tags in the HTML doctype. Use them for their purpose. You can achieve what you are trying to do simply by putting a float onto the image (if you want the text to float around it). Alternatively, have the elements float beside each other (to give the effect of two columns).
A great reference for tags and CSS, use http://www.htmldog.com/
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