U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for March 1

WASHINGTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

SATURDAY, MARCH 1: "WHAT, ME WORRY?"

Profile America -- Saturday, March 1st. Remember the freckle-faced kid with the goofy smile who has appeared for more than half a century on the covers of MAD magazine. He was Alfred E. Neuman, whose most famous remark was, "What, me worry?" Neuman was the brainchild like everything else in MAD of the magazine's founder and publisher, William M. Gaines, who was born 86 years ago today. Gaines made the magazine a humor mainstay for several generations of teenagers, with parodies of movies, comic strips and celebrities. Now, even with stiff competition from television, computers and video games, magazines in the U.S. attract more than $13 billion in advertising each year. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov/.

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments ready to air on a monthly CD or on Internet at http://www.census.gov/ (look under the "Newsroom" button). For further information, contact Rick Reed at +1-301-763-2812, fax at +1-301-457-3670, or e-mail at rreed(At)census.gov.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau

CONTACT: Rick Reed of the U.S. Census Bureau, +1-301-763-2812

Web Site: http://www.census.gov/

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