Squares for some spaces

Hello,

 I am realtively new to ASP.NET and I am using VB for my code behind pages.  Here is the scenario:

I have a default page (default.aspx).  I have a literal on the page (litList) and in this literal I'm inputting the body of a Word generated HTM file.

Code:

Dim URLRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(Replace(Request.Url().ToString, "Default.aspx", "") & "Chapter HTM Pages/Chapter 02/Chapter 02 - TOC.htm")
Dim responseWeb As HttpWebResponse = CType(URLRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
Dim responseStream As Stream = responseWeb.GetResponseStream()
Dim responseReader ...