Strings pulled from a database formatting issues:

Strings pulled from a database formatting issues:

These are pulled from fields in a Database and the results are listed below.
 
This:
recognized as a "Woman in Science" at

Turns into this:
recognized as a â?oWoman in Scienceâ? at
 
 

This:
recently received 2 NIH Director's Awards

Turns into this:
recently received 2 NIH Directorâ?Ts Awards
 

This:
. Director of Communications at acme Communications, Inc
Turns into this:
â?¢ Director of Communications at acme Communications, Inc.
note:
This seems to be not happen when using <ul>
<li> but when it is just enclosed in a <div></div> it
shows the â?¢ instead of bullet.
 

How can I fix the display of these strings? This is using C# as the language.
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