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They are 1 percenters who are 100 percent despicable. Some wealthy Manhattan moms have figured out a way to cut the long lines at Disney World — by hiring disabled people to pose as family members so they and their kids can jump to the front, The Post has learned. The “black-market Disney guides” run $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day. “My daughter waited one minute to get on ‘It’s a Small World’ — the other kids had to wait 2 1/2 hours,” crowed one mom, who hired a disabled guide through Dream Tours Florida.

Stocks plunged for a second straight session yesterday as Wall Street battled a storm of negative factors - soaring oil prices, interest-rate jitters, and a slowing economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped almost 167 points, bringing its two-day loss to 288. Escalating tension in the Middle East carried oil near $77 a barrel, which compounded worries over Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.'s warning that higher lending rates and gasoline prices would likely pressure consumer spending at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. SAP AG rattled investors further after reporting weak software sales last quarter. Many on Wall Street feared that the day's...