HTML Entity Decode

You could try something like:

var Title = $('<textarea />').html("Chris&apos; corner").text();
console.log(Title);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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JS Fiddle.

A more interactive version:

$('form').submit(function() {
  var theString = $('#string').val();
  var varTitle = $('<textarea />').html(theString).text();
  $('#output').text(varTitle);
  return false;
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form action="#" method="post">
  <fieldset>
    <label for="string">Enter a html-encoded string to decode</label>
    <input type="text" name="string" id="string" />
  </fieldset>
  <fieldset>
    <input type="submit" value="decode" />
  </fieldset>
</form>

<div id="output"></div>

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