Re: Does anyone know what this little icon means?
That little 9 means that there are 9 Maxis favorites you haven't looked at in the Gallery. That button opens the Gallery and if you look at the News tab, just click on one of the entries on the right that has a New flag on it and the entry will pop up and the flag will go away. If you have had that 9 there for a while you might have to scroll down the list until you find the ones that you haven't looked at so you can clear them all.
Hope this helps.
