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He died in a burning sport utility vehicle in Westampton in 2003 after she went for help and left the boy inside. The trial prosecutor, assistant Burlington County prosecutor Mark Westfall, declined to comment on the case before Superior Court Judge Patricia LeBon, except to say it will take several weeks. Previously, county au thorities have given the following account of the boy's death: Dreadin was on drugs when she left her house with the grandson about 3 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2003, to look for her husband, who had not come home.

She turned onto West Mill Creek Road and got WEB EXTRA To read earlier coverage, find this story on our home page. stuck down an embankment on the side of the dirt road. The SUV caught fire after she tried to switch gears to rock the Oscar might be clutched by Cherry Hill grad tonight mm lT 1 i-TT-0 111 -r2t- Thanks to clueless electronics, change may put us out of synch Automotive-, Shopping for a car? Check out our expanded Automotive section today, where you'll find 28 pages of advertisements and stories on cars, trucks, SUVs and more. SOUTH JERSEY Dog gnaws own leg, recovers in kennel A young female pit bull that apparently chewed off her own right leg to escape a restraint was found Friday by animal control officers in Camden. Rosie, who faces surgery, is now bounding around a kennel on her heavily bandaged leg.

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A GANNETT NEWSPAPER I Photos by TINA MARKOE-KINSLOWCourier-Post Cherry Hill residents Teresa Benzwle and Aaron Bender hope their son, Lawrence Bender, picks up an Academy Award tonight for his documentary, 'An Inconvenient which was made with Al Gore. Parents share memories of Bender's rise to fame By JIM WALSH Courier-Post Staff Usually, the sun comes up and it's not a big deal. But two weeks from today, some people might be unpleasantly surprised by the dawn of an earlier starting date for daylight-saving time a change that will have clocks spring forward while it's still winter. The shift, which extends daylight-saving time by about a month, is meant to curb the nation's energy use. But observers note the "mini Y2K" will affect a wide range of technological tools, and they worry many companies and consumers are still unprepared.

"The impact is really quite large. It touches everything that has to do with time," says Tom Pacek, a Ford Bronco and get it back up on the road. She went for help to a nearby home, but did not immediately tell the occupants or firefighters who came to the scene the toddler was inside the SUV. The boy died of burns, ac- See GRANDMOM, Page 4A toft HOW TIME CHANGE WILL AFFECT YOU As a result of the federal Energy Act of 2005, daylight-saving time this year will last from March 11 to Nov. 4.

Under the new schedule, it will begin on the second Sunday of March, rather than the first Sunday of April. It will end on the first Sunday of November, rather than the last Sunday of October. Advocates say the change will reduce energy use as daylight extends into the evening hours. They also say the change could reduce fatal traffic accidents and crime. computer expert at Voor-hees-based Virtua Health System.

He's leading an ex-See DA YUGHT, Page4A millions of dollars in aid to hospitals. The discussions could also provide a springboard for proposals to expand health coverage, which Corzine, lawmakers and hospital advocates say is the best answer to problems plaguing both hospitals' bottom lines and health care for residents. Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald, D-Voorhees, chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, said he is prepared to add a new idea into the mix with a health insurance reform plan that he, along with Assemblyman Herbert Cona-way, D-Burlington City, are "ready to unfold." Greenwald's proposal would focus on reforming the health insurance industry to encourage more basic coverage plans that would be more affordable. He pointed to recent auto-in- See BUDGET, Page 4A 1 -A -4 'MX'fl MB Ml 1 ft.

Hospital funds may be hottest N. J. budget topic Photo provided Bender wanted to be a dancer, and bad knees led him to success behind a Hollywood camera. courierpost WEB EXTRA Visit our home page tonight for live updates and Monday for full coverage. Find this story on our home page for links to previous stories on the film.

INSJ. LIVING Who should win tonight? Who WILL win an Oscar? Get the lowdown on the nominees and more. ON TV The 79th Annual Academy Awards will air at 8 tonight on ABC. MTV film about the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, and Innocent Voices, set in war-torn 1980s El Salvador. Teresa Benzwie, Lawrence Bender's mother, said her son's political leanings echo a childhood that featured anti-war and civil-rights rallies and gatherings of the Camden-based Black People's Unity Movement in her Cherry Hill home.

"I thought my children were growing up in a sterile environment very white, middle class," Benzwie said. "My house was almost like a headquarters." A practicing psychotherapist, Benzwie said she often offers her son's journey from gifted engineering student (a profession he ruled out) to dancer to starving actor and model and finally to influential filmmaker as an example to patients who feel hopeless in their Lawrence but fate By SARAH GREENBLATT Courier-Post Staff CHERRY HILL Aaron Bender, a Cherry Hill psychoanalyst, will watch tonight's Oscar ceremonies with an abiding gratitude for his son's bad knees. If Cherry Hill High School East alumnus Lawrence Bender hadn't injured his knees, his father said, he might still be a professional dancer. "In his heart, I think he still yearns to be a ballet dancer," Aaron Bender said. So Lawrence Bender turned his attention to producing films.

His latest is An Inconvenient Truth, the Oscar-nominated documentary in which former Vice President Al Gore delivers a chilling warning about global warming. "The movie may wake the world up," said Aaron Bender, a former Rowan University history professor. "Of all the movies which Lawrence has made, this is the movie that's most important for the world." Already an acclaimed Hollywood producer, Lawrence Bender's previous credits include Good Will Hunting, A Price Above Rubies, Anna and the King, The Mexican and all of director Quentin Tarantino's films, from Reservoir Dogs to both Kill Bill movies. The "best documentary" and "best song" awards for which An Inconvenient Truth was nominated mark the 20th and 21st Oscar nods for Lawrence Bender's movies. Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting were both best-picture nominees.

Less-known projects include Anatomy of a Hate Crime, an ON THE WEB Visit the film's Web site and find a trailer about 'An Inconvenient Truth' at www.climatecrlsis.net "For him to stand up and be counted himself and do something he believes in," Benzwie said, "I'm extra proud of that." Over the years, Lawrence Bender has used his growing clout in Hollywood as a fundraiser and advocate for humanitarian and environmental causes. The American Civil Liberties Union conferred a Torch of Liberty award on the producer, and a Harvard University dean appointed him as an adviser to the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The producer played a key role in getting An Inconvenient Truth made after going with some friends to hear one of See BENDER, Page 5A By JONATHAN TAMARI Gannett State Bureau TRENTON For New Jersey hospitals, the immediate concern in Gov. Jon S.

Corzine's budget proposal is a roughly $126 million cut in state funds. But the fight to restore that aid may spark a far-reaching discussion on health care in New Jersey and visions for universal coverage. The debate is expected to start unfolding in the coming months with wrangling over state support for hospitals, which mostly goes to help pay for charity care treatment facilities provide to the uninsured. "It'll get people's attention and we'll have a tremendous debate this spring," Corzine said Friday. "I think it's most likely to be the hottest topic of the budget debates." At stake are hundreds of 111111111 0 "'Auyur'ui ju-'" i UN 1 i.f Jill i 1 it I.