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Less than 48 hours after Experian Inc. began selling copies of consumer credit reports over the Internet, the system came to a crashing halt Friday, overwhelmed by demand.

Consumer advocates had worried that Experian's decision to sell credit reports over the Internet could allow the wrong people to get hold of confidential information. And indeed, a deluge of electronic orders early Friday caused some legitimately purchased reports to go to the wrong customers, forcing the huge, Orange County-based information company to close the site.

An Experian spokesman said the misdirected reports were definitely the result of a technical breakdown, not a security breach. In case it ever comes up, web-surfers can get the site at www.experian.com.

SITE OF THE WEEK

IT DELIVERS: Expecting parents should check out StorkSite, a free Web site dedicated to pregnancy. The site promotes itself as an on-line community of 26,000 ``Storkies,'' parents and parents-to-be, health care professionals and other service providers for the baby-bound. It features advice on conception and pregnancy, has chatrooms where parents can swap success (or horror) stories, hotlinks to other parenting sites, and a thousands-long list of potential baby names. Members can also receive BabyGrams, weekly e-mail messages sent throughout the pregnancy with tips for both mothers and fathers about their child's natural growth progression and the mother's physical and emotional changes. StorkSite is at www.storksite.com.