Index: wp-includes/default-widgets.php
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--- wp-includes/default-widgets.php	(revision 33527)
+++ wp-includes/default-widgets.php	(working copy)
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function form( $instance ) {
 		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '', 'count' => 0, 'dropdown' => '') );
-		$title = strip_tags($instance['title']);
+		$title = $instance['title'];
 		$count = $instance['count'] ? 'checked="checked"' : '';
 		$dropdown = $instance['dropdown'] ? 'checked="checked"' : '';
 ?>
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function form( $instance ) {
 		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '' ) );
-		$title = strip_tags($instance['title']);
+		$title = $instance['title'];
 ?>
 			<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:'); ?></label> <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr($title); ?>" /></p>
 <?php
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function form( $instance ) {
 		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '' ) );
-		$title = strip_tags($instance['title']);
+		$title = $instance['title'];
 ?>
 		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:'); ?></label>
 		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr($title); ?>" /></p>
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@
 	 */
 	public function form( $instance ) {
 		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '', 'text' => '' ) );
-		$title = strip_tags($instance['title']);
+		$title = $instance['title'];
 		$text = esc_textarea($instance['text']);
 ?>
 		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e('Title:'); ?></label>