In a note posted on Facebook, the breast cancer organization said “participation levels over the last four years have made it difficult to sustain an event of this magnitude in 14 cities.”

Allyn Rose, the Miss D.C. winner who will participate in the Miss America pageant in January, has decided to undergo a preventative double mastectomy at some point in the next year.

Image courtesy Susan G. Komen for the Cure® A sea of pink swept through the city today as Susan G. Komen for the Cure®’s Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk kicked off and twisted its way through Washington. The event extends through Sunday, so keep your eyes peeled for thousands upon thousands of pink clad women—and several men too—winding their ways through the Nation’s Capitol. Walkers will cover 20 miles per day, and the Bethesda Metro…

The Post’s Nikita Stewart reports what members of the D.C. Council apparently already knew, but the public did not: Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall. Cheh has already undergone radiation treatment and a lumpectomy at Sibley Memorial Hospital, and told Stewart that her doctors have said her prognosis is good (she’ll continue to be treated with drugs for the next five years). The Council member said…